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1. 109 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 11 4 How to Copy a Playlist from the Remote Panel From the Remote Panel you can copy playlists from local or distant servers to local or distant servers To copy a playlist from the Remote Panel proceed as follows 1 Go to playlist bank local or from another machine on the network 2 Select the original playlist to copy by pressing the corresponding F_ key on the Remote 3 Select an empty playlist location on your local machine A new menu appears on the LCD display of the Remote Panel with the corresponding message on the OSD of the output monitors asking whether you want to copy the original playlist to the new location or whether you simply want to select a new empty playlist default choice Select New Playlist 13 Menu Cancel ena eSrel Comtim 4 Press COPY A key to select the copy option The menu becomes Coy Playlists 11 03 co Playlist 13 Menu Cancel minicar s Comi iiem PESREECHE 5 To specify whether to copy the EDL with or without the clips do one of the following e f you want to copy only the EDL without copying the elements contained in the original playlist press ENTER The copy is done instantly since there is no material to transfer e f you want to copy
2. Toggle All The Toggle function is only available in 3PGM mode e Toggle OFF Selecting an output channel results in controlling that channel and disables the control on others e Toggle ON Selecting a channel will alternatively enable disable the control over that channel without changing the control on the others e All This enables the control on all channels How to Assign a Camera to a Channel In Multi PGM mode to change the current camera on each PGM proceed as follows 7 In the operational menu select the PGM to which you want to change the current camera The TAKE key at the bottom of the remote is lighting red 8 Press the TAKE key It lights green and the menu on the LCD display changes to let you select the desired camera Rst Cam CAM A CAM B CAM D 9 Press the camera you want to associate to the selected PGM 10 Press TAKE again to return to the PGM selection menu Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D Playlist Conditional Mode This mode is only available in 2PGM and 3PGM modes It allows the operator to load and control several playlists simultaneously from the same Remote Panel or to load a playlist on one channel while performing other operations on the other channel s To use this mode the Load Playlist parameter of the Operational Setup menu must be set to Conditional p
3. In the Playlist Edit mode the first frame of the playlist element loaded highlighted on the Remote Panel LCD display can be seen on the PGM To change any of the options on a clip simply browse to the requested clip then select a function from the menu displayed above and use the control lever to adjust to the desired value when applicable Edit All If you want to edit all clips of the playlist at the same time select Edit All SHIFT D before you perform the requested editing action with one of the following playlist commands Speed Effect FX Dur Insert The Insert function A key allows the operator to insert a clip into the playlist The same operation can be achieved using the TAKE key See also the section 11 10 4 How to Insert Clips into a Playlist on page 105 Speed The Speed function B key allows defining the speed at which one or all clips of a playlist will be played Select the playback speed of the clip with the lever then press ENTER to validate Values are Unknown and from 0 to 100 Operators have access to the secondary lever control like when clips are replayed While editing the speed of a clip pressing SHIFT Lever on the Remote allows to access the secondary lever speed defined in the menu 101 Issue 11 01 D 11 9 2 102 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 FX Dur The FX Dur function C key sets the duration o
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5. A Important When IN OUT points are set and a clip is saved the system automatically write protects a user definable length of material before and after the IN OUT points respectively These are referred to as the guardbands Their duration can be set with the Default clip duration parameter in the Operational Setup menu p 2 2 F2 as required JOG KNOB This function is used to accurately cue material Issue 11 01 D 4 1 8 4 1 9 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 FAST JOG When selected this option enables fast picture search the actual speed of this fast jog is adjustable in the Setup menu Starting a play or returning to E2E mode resets the Fast Jog mode A Important The jog dial is active at all times when the system is in play amp record The brake is automatically turned on when starting a playback with the PLAY key or with the lever or when returning to E2E mode with the RECORD button LEVER This function is used to perform slow motion from 0 to 100 and to playback material from 100 to 100 or from 200 to 200 when Secondary Lever range is selected The lever has a continuous linear range except when Super Motion material is loaded on the primary channel In this case there is a flat step at 33 SD Super Motion or 50 HD Super Motion to help the operator locating easily the ideal playback speed A Important When pla
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7. X Note In hypermotion LSM mode the D key displays LSM Mode 18 2 2 Hypermotion Main Menu The hypermotion main menu displays the memory blocks that have been selected in the Blocks parameter of the hypermotion secondary menu The memory blocks use is described later in this chapter Only the activated blocks will be displayed and the highlighted block is the one the operator is currently working on Off Ramp UP LSM Mode Block 1 Block 2 The Cues Parameter Off Ramp UP LSM Mode Block 1 Block 2 The default value of the Cues parameter is On The Last Cue Parameter The Last Cue parameter defines the Last Cue button function when the Cues value is Off Off Ramp UP LSM Mode e The Last Cue parameter can be set to Ramp Up the default value o The first time the Last Cue button is pressed the speed is increased starting from the PGMSpeed until the maximum speed is reached This maximum speed depends on the camera model 179 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 o Whenever the Last Cue button is pressed again the speed is increased starting from the last speed used until the maximum speed is reached e The Last Cue parameter can be set to an individual speed the available values depends on the camera model x Note e When Cues is set to Off the cam key
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9. 5 If you want to modify the primary TC for this clip press the A or B key which corresponds to the requested primary TC 6 Press F2 to select CAM or CLIP mode e In CAM mode only the timecode of the camera angle loaded on the primary channel will be changed e In CLIP mode the timecode of all camera angles of the clip will be changed 7 Press ENTER to confirm or ESC to cancel The entire clip is updated according to the new timecode value so that the timecode remains continuous inside the whole clip Note In 59 94Hz modes NTSC you can also select between DROP FRAME and NON DROP FRAME modes by pressing the space bar 62 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 9 3 13 Moving and Copying Clips Copying and moving clips in the VGA are performed using the CUT COPY and PASTE functions CLIPBOARD EIE AEREA General Principles e f the clipboard was filled using the Cut function the original clip s is are deleted after being pasted to the new location e In CAM mode only the selected camera of the clip is Cut Copied Pasted In CLIP mode all camera angles of the clip are Cut Copied e For the Paste function in CLIP mode only the available camera locations inside the destination clip will be pasted If some camera angles already exist for the destination clip these will not be overwritten by the corresponding camera in the clipboard
10. The second preferential camera secondary camera is the one that was loaded on the next channel when the clip was created In the Clip screen the first preferential camera is indicated by a star 111B and the second preferential camera is indicated by 2 dashes 111B When the preference option is disabled the PGM output stays on the camera currently selected when the clip is called Secondary Controller Introduction The 2 CTRL function available on the Remote Panel in the main operational menu allows the operator to swap the control of one or several play channels between the EVS Remote Panel and a third party controller Both controllers receive permanently the status of the channel s but only one controller at a time is able to actually control a channel this is called the exclusive secondary control mode The secondary controllers are defined in the Operational Setup menu of the remote p 2 2 25 Issue 11 01 D 5 7 2 26 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Interactions between IPDP and Multicam When a Remote Panel and an PDirector share the control of some PGMs in exclusive secondary control mode the following principles apply When a playlist timeline is controlled by the Remote Panel on a PGM the playlist timeline remains the current one when PDirector is given the control on the PGM When a playlist timeline is controlled by IPDirect
11. When you access the Search screen the criteria that were last defined are still available on the screen If the red cursor is located on another field in the Search Criteria area use the lt _ arrow keys to move from one field to the previous or next one until the red cursor is positioned on the requested field 79 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Criteria Description Timecode This restricts the search to the clips containing the timecode specified in this field The timecode search is not applied on growing clips To define a timecode type the desired value when the red text cursor is visible in that field The lt BACKSPACE gt key can be used to clear the last digit entered Date from to This restricts the search to clips created between these 2 dates specified in these fields If only Date to field is defined all clips created before that date will be considered If only Date from field is defined all clips created after that date will be considered The lt BACKSPACE gt key can be used to clear the last digit entered Press the lt TAB gt key again to move the cursor back to the keywords list Level Ranking This restricts the search to the clips with a ranking equal or higher to the ranking defined in that screen Press the lt arrow keys until reaching the desired ranking and press ENTER The selected ra
12. Bank Camera 153 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 13 4 2 How to Name a Remote Clip To name a remote clip proceed as follows Select the Clip mode in the Network menu Select the Remote LSM in the list Go to the Clip screen on the VGA all banks of remote system are now displayed Select the clip to name Type the desired name on the keyboard oa fF WN gt Press F1 to name the remote clip In CAM mode only the camera where the cursor is located is named In CLIP mode all cameras of the clip where the cursor is located are named X Note To be able to rename a clip on a remote server the Clip Edit by Network parameter must be enabled in the Setup menu 13 4 3 How to Modify IN OUT Points of a Remote Clip To modify IN OUT points of a remote clip proceed as follows 1 Recall the desired clip 2 Browse inside the clip until you reach the desired frame 3 Press IN OUT to mark a new Short IN Short OUT points XY Note To be able to trim a clip on a remote server the Clip Edit by Network parameter must be enabled in the Setup menu of the remote machine 154 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 13 4 4 How to Insert Remote Clips into a Playlist To insert remote clips into a playlist proceed as follows 1 Select the Remote LSM via the Network m
13. Note Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 The operational buttons have primary and seconday functions and are divided into upper and lower sections By pressing the SHIFT button you gain access to the secondary functions F keys amp small buttons Soft keys Lever Jog dial Operational block 1 Multi purpose keys With LCD display allows the operator to enter the Multicam MENU system Initiates slow motion and playlist replay Used to accurately cue disk recorder PLST Initiates active playlist LOOP Records the main output PGM1 to the first input CAM A of Multicam BROWSE Used to browse through clips playlists cue points INSERT Used in playlist management to insert clips into a playlist IN Sets Mark IN at the current position GOTO IN Goes to the defined Mark IN OUT Sets Mark OUT at the current position GOTO OUT Goes to the defined Mark OUT TAKE In PGM PRV mode pressing this button swaps cameras on PGM and PRV monitors In Multi PGM mode pressing this button toggles between CAM selection and PGM selection modes In 2 PGM mode when both PGMs are selected on the Remote Panel pressing this button swaps the content loaded on PGM1 with the one loaded on PGM2 and vice versa In Playlist Edit mode pressing this button inserts the clip loaded on the PRV channel into current playlist LEVER Changes the lever range to secondar
14. On the OSD monitoring the block system is displayed as a suite of 4 squares EEHEHE each corresponding to a memory block The common color code is as follows Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Issue 11 01 D Block Symbol Memory Block Status Steady white Block 1 gO Empty block Steady green Bocki E O Recorded block Blinking green Block E Block in PLAY Steady red Bocki E Block in REC Steady green Bocki lt key gt Locked block Blinking green Block lt key gt Locked block Empty transparent square White square for the NAC Camera Hi Motion only 185 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 18 4 3 Working with Single Block Memory The general recording and playback process when controlling the camera using a single block memory is the following 1 Start the recording on the camera by pressing RECORD on the remote controlling the hypermotion camera 2 During the recording you can set cue points up to 255 on the recorded material by pressing Mark 3 Stop the recording in one of the following ways e Press Last cue to position the camera on the previous cue taking the pre roll into account e Jog the dial to position the camera on the requested image e Press TAKE to stop the recording 4 Press PLAY to start the playback During
15. are supported On a record channel only Rec and Stop commands are supported This protocol is the simplest one but does not support clip management It should be used when the controlling device does not support the XtenDD35 Odetics or Louth VDCP protocols ex edit controllers NLE applications some video switchers VTR controllers etc XtenDD35 Protocol This protocol is based on the Sony BVW75 protocol for all standard transport commands It has extended commands so that it supports clip management using this protocol the controlling device can create name recall and delete clips This protocol can be used with Thomson GVG XtenDD range of switchers and with DNF ST300 EVS and 4040CL EVS controllers Odetics Protocol This protocol is based on the Sony BVW75 protocol for all standard transport commands It has extended commands so that it supports clip and playlist management using this protocol the controlling device can create name recall and delete clips but it can also manage playlists This protocol can be used with many different control devices and automations software including DNF ST300 and 4040CL controllers Non standard commands in Sony XtenDD35 and Odetics protocols on the play channel of an EVS server REC when a REC command is sent to a play channel this channel will return in E2E mode on its default record train If the default record channel associated to that player is currently stopped it will j
16. on Select A again Color amp Density D Select D on the Paint Mode monitor display Choose the desired color from the display then choose the desired thickness This will be stored as Br1 or Br2 depending on which one is currently selected when entering the D option Thus two types can be stored Erase E Selecting E on the Paint Mode monitor display allows the pen to be used as an eraser This facility remains on When no longer required select E again to disable it and return to the previous active drawing mode Clear C Selecting C on the Paint Mode monitor display allows clearing of the entire drawing Once selected you can choose between 3 options Clr to clear DfC to define customized colors or you may escape ESC this function without clearing any drawing If you select Define Colour DfC a new screen will appear including a U V selection 161 Issue 11 01 D 162 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 area and an Y level selection area Select first the color you want to edit on the top of the screen then select the U V and Y values by moving the pen on the right location of each selection area When the adjustment is made move the pen to an empty zone of the screen The CLEAR function is also available from the Remote Panel SHIFT B No confirmation is required Keyer K Can be selected with the pen click on K arrows appear disapp
17. 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 OUT Key Colors in Playlist Mode When the Playlist is sitting on the Video and Audio OUT point of a Clip the OUT key will light red When the Playlist is sitting on the Video OUT point of a Clip the OUT key will light green When the Playlist is sitting on the Audio OUT point of a Clip the OUT key will flash red If the Playlist is in a position where the Audio and Video are synchronous the IN OUT keys will be green If the Playlist is in a position where the Audio and Video OUT points have been split the OUT key will flash green Example on Audio Delay Edit Synchronous Split Area Synchronous Area Area GREEN FLASHGREEN GREEN Transitions are reset to zero on INSERT and DELETE functions 11 16 10 How to Insert a Clip into a Playlist 132 with Split Audio To insert a clip into a playlist with split audio proceed as follows 1 Enter the Playlist Edit mode 2 Browse to the desired clip in the playlist 3 Press to highlight V Base SHIFT A 4 Press to highlight A Split D 5 Jog to the point where you want to set your transition and mark an OUT point if you do an audio delay or mark an IN point if you do an audio advance Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 11 17 Swap Audio Tracks 11 17 1 Introduction The swap audio track
18. Br1 Br2 Toggles between Brush1 and Brush2 159 Issue 11 01 D 14 3 160 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 E Erases unwanted portion of graphic See also Section 14 3 k gt k lt Keyer off on See also Section 14 3 L Calls the Library module where drawing logos can be saved C Marks CUE OUT point on current clip S Plays back the clip at slow motion speed The speed of slow motion is predefined in the PGM Speed Var max parameter in the Operational Setup menu p 9 1 F3 P Plays back the current clip at normal speed The clip countdown displays the field time This means that the countdown matches the slow motion speed Note Selecting C clear from the monitor enters the Clear menu and the DFC menu DFC menu allows you to select the brush color from a YUV color palette If working in network mode Painting can be performed on remote clips as well as on local clips Function Description Straight Line Broken Line Drawing L Select L on the Paint Mode monitor display You will then be prompted to enter the first point of the line Place the pen at the start point and press lightly Then place the pen at the next point and press lightly again A straight line appears to connect these 2 points Repeat this as many times as necessary until the line is complete then place the pen over the ESC area in the top righ
19. The normal pointing device is the tablet It is selected in the Setup menu Change the Pointing device parameter in the Operational Setup menu p 9 2 F2 to toggle between the tablet and the touch screen only when the touch screen is available The touch screen must always be connected to the RS422 port 6 and defined with the RS422 6 parameter in the Operational Setup menu p T2 2 F6 The use of the Loop function allows the operator to record the effect back into the 1 record channel of the server and to create a clip with the paint feature Rolling a clip while in the Loop mode in Painting and dissolving paint image on off allow for a very powerful feature st Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 14 2 Paint Mode Monitor Display This section presents the available functions on the Paint Mode monitor display For more information refer to the subsections below Arrow Line Ellipse ae Select Brush Circle olor Clear Thickness Erase Clip Information 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 k L lt lt lt I gt gt gt C Keyer Library Jog Pause Bee SloMo ue Out on off Live Play C clear Clears screen L Enables line mode one shot See also Section 14 3 C c circle ota large small circle one shot See also Section A fr this arrow at end of freehand drawing See also Section D Selects brush color and thickness See also Section 14 3
20. The remote goes back to its operating mode Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 3 Main Menu Introduction After the boot sequence of the Multicam system the LCD screen of the Remote Control panel will display the Main menu 2Rec 4Play Verk Lil 00 xx 1 Remote F6 Exit E2 Remotes F7 Clear all clips Fo Remotes F8 Stop Record F4 Remotes BY PLUL Playlist r58 Char On Ome FOs Save ClijossPlasic Split Paint Target 3 PGM The Main menu has special function key operations as shown above as well as the soft keys options to enter 1PGM 1PGM PRV 2PGM or 3PGM modes if available and to enter the Setup menu to configure your remote controller or to add special functions to your application Note If 2 channels are available for the 1 Remote the B key will display 2 PGM If 3 channels are available the B key will display 3 PGM How to Return to the Main Menu From any section of the application except Playlist mode press SHIFT MENU on the first Remote Control panel to return to the main menu Issue 11 01 D 12 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Function Keys in the Main Menu Select the corresponding Function key F_ key and then press ENTER to validate the selection Function Key Use F1 to F4 If desired the Multicam syst
21. VDR Panel Upper Section The two windows of the upper section can be assigned to a different channel of the server When entering the VDR Panel for the first time after starting the application the control of both windows is disabled Press CTRL F1 to gain control of the left window or CTRL F2 to gain control on the right window The frame around the corresponding window becomes green Note that only one window can be active at a time Inside the active window letters numbers highlighted in green indicate the keyboard shortcut to the corresponding function press ALT the highlighted letter number All functions are also available by clicking with the stylus Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D A Important The control of a channel from the VDR Panel is concurrent to any other controller that might be assigned to that channel EVS Remote Panel or external protocol A command sent from the VDR Panel to a channel will overwrite whatever the channel was doing at that time The name of the channel currently assigned to each window is displayed on the top of each of them To assign a new channel to this window press ALT H A new window appears on the other side to allow the selection of a new channel SELECT CHANNEL TO CONTROL PGM1 PGM2 PRU Cama 18 yards L CamB high behind MARK iN CamC CamD ive gt amp Loop far A QECDEF Disable Window ENTER Confirm sel
22. it will automatically be overwritten by the new file To edit a keyword in the current file move the cursor to the desired keyword location using either the arrow keys or the stylus then type the new keyword This one will appear in the Name field at the bottom of the screen Press ESC to clear the whole field or lt BACKSPACE gt to delete the last character To apply the value entered in the name field to the selected keyword press F4 UPDATE KWD or click on that function with the stylus Repeat this operation for all keywords to update Press PgU PgDn to toggle between Page 1 keywords 1 to 100 and Page 2 keywords 101 to 200 or click on the Up Down red arrows on the right side of the screen If your machine is the actual Network server the updated file is automatically sent to all other users on the network every time a keyword is updated 75 Issue 11 01 D 10 2 10 2 1 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Assigning Keywords using the VGA Screen Keyword Windows Keywords can be assigned to clips using the On Air Keyword screen F6 KW1 or the Off Air Keyword screen F7 KW2 The On Air Keyword screen is used to assign keywords to the clip loaded on the primary channel of the 1 user meaning that a play channel is used during this operation The Off Air Keyword screen is used to assign keywords to the clip selected with the green arrows in the Clip scree
23. on page 151 for more details Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 4 1 17 GOTO TC To jump to a given timecode of the loaded train or clip you can use the Goto TC option on the Remote Panel To go to a given timecode proceed as follows 1 Press SHIFT GOTO TC key on the Remote The GOTO TC window is displayed on the Remote Panel GO WO WC Hee 8 Hse 8 nese B a Menu Cancel PEmmPetd a ComuoneLe Reset From Date To Date Return DEG 2 To specify a date from which the search should be executed press SHIFT C enter the date in the format dd mm yy using the F1 to F10 keys and press ENTER on the Remote 3 To specify a date up to which the search should be executed press SHIFT D and enter the date in the format dd mm yy using the F1 to F10 keys and press ENTER on the Remote 4 To specify whether to go to a LTC USER timecode or any of both LTC USER press C until the requested timecode type is displayed 5 Enter the requested timecode using the function keys F1 to F10 Eight digits hh mm ss ff f frame are displayed on the LCD screen of the Remote e f you enter all 8 digits Multicam will automatically go to the required timecode e f you enter less than 8 digits when the last digits are zeros press ENTER on the Remote to validate the entry and reach the requested timecode Once you have en
24. secondary clip menu of the Remote Panel Once the desired clip s is are found it they can easily be inserted in the playlist that is still loaded on the PGM output By switching PRV CTRL ON or OFF the operator can very easily combine playlist editing and database search functions 105 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 To insert one or more clips from a search result at the end of the current playlist proceed as follows 1 From the main menu activate the current playlist as explained in the section 11 4 2 How to Set a Current Playlist on page 94 PGM1 CAM A SPRV IL CANIM JB Aud Met PgmSpd Soe gt PostRoll Sw to IN Search Pref l Clips LOCAL Records LOCAL Syme Prev ZSCl CANE Cam B Cam C Cam D 2 Press MENU C to enter the Search mode ime keyword8g9012 2 RAGMEN 3 EEO Pl accion i Poceacrtion 6 P2caccalom 2 Pyoecrtion 7 P3saction 3 PESECELON amp F4 action 4 F9 Prev page P Oil PSsacciom 5 FO Next page Reset Archive FromDate ToDate Return PSE OS Siacimealhoe Enter the search criteria as explained in the section 10 5 Searching the Database Using the Remote Panel on page 86 3 Launch the search on the local server or on the whole network by pressing respectively the C Srch Loc or D Srch Net keys on the Remote Panel 4 Do one of the follo
25. 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D Example The following steps provide an example for a typical use of the LSM remote commands with a hypermotion camera valid only for cameras that use the CLEAR command 1 10 Initially the blocks are recorded or empty Block 3 Block 4 Press RECORD on the remote to delete any recorded material on the blocks and start the recording in loop mode on block 1 first use of this key Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Press TAKE to stop recording on the current block and start recording on the next available one block 2 At the same time the playback starts on block 1 Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Press CLEAR to stop the playback on block 1 and delete the material recorded on that block As the block 2 is being recorded no record is started on block 1 Block 1 Block 3 Block 4 Press TAKE to stop the record on Block 2 and start it on the first available block block 1 Playback starts on block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Press TAKE again to stop the record on block 1 and start it on the first available block block 3 The running playback on block 2 is not affected Block 4 Press CAM A to cue block 2 at the beginning and load the last recorded frame on block 1 in play mode The record carries on block 3 Block 4 Press CAM C to stop the recording on block 3 and start it on the first available block blo
26. 1 4 1 2 4 1 3 4 1 4 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Remote Panel Operations Operations RECORD This key lights red when the system is recording Pressing this key brings the system in E E live mode and starts the record if necessary depending on the settings of the Setup menu The E E mode is actually playing pictures already recorded by the system and has a delay of 3 frames compared to the live source on all audio and video tracks MARK This function marks up to 256 cues that can be marked while recording or playing The cues are marked on the LIVE or PLAYBACK program depending on the value set in the Setup menu When the operator has marked 256 cues the next one will overwrite the oldest one LAST CUE This function re cues the EVS server to previous cue point relative to the current timecode position Each time the Last Cue button is pressed the EVS server re cues to the previous cue etc When recalling a cue point the cue number appears in the upper left corner of the OSD if this option is enabled with the Cue number on OSD parameter in the Operational Setup menu p 1 1 F1 PLAY This function initiates a forward motion It can also be used to start playback of playlists and clips refer to PLST commana When PgmSpd Var Max is OFF the default playback speed when pressing the PLAY key is 100 for standard pictures 33 for Super Motion pict
27. 11 10 4 How to Insert Clips into a Playlist The following rules apply to the procedure below e You need to be in PGM PRV mode to be able to use the TAKE key on the Remote Panel to insert a clip e Depending on what is selected for the Insert in playlist parameter in the Operational Setup menu p 3 1 F6 the clip will be inserted before or after this selected position To insert a clip into a playlist proceed as follows 1 Using the Playlist Edit mode or the Browse mode scroll to the location where the clip must be inserted 2 Call the selected clip It appears on the PRV output 3 Do one of the following to insert the selected clip in the playlist at the position shown on the PGM output e Press the A key INSERT function on the Remote Panel e Press the TAKE key on the Remote Panel e Press the SHIFT INSERT keys on the Remote Panel A confirmation message will appear if that option has been enabled in the Setup menu After the clip has been inserted you can press PLST to return to the playlist at the current position 11 10 5 How to Insert the Result of a Clip Search into a Playlist In Playlist Edit mode with a PRV channel when PRV CTL is enabled the operator has full control of the PRV channel while the playlist remains loaded on the PGM channel On the PRV channel he can perform all clip related functions including database search using timecode keywords and ranking from the VGA Search Screen as well as from the
28. 4 Press to highlight A Advance A 5 Enter a value on the F_ keys including leading zeros 0 2 1 2 2 12 OR move the lever and press ENTER The value entered will be present on the PRV SCREEN when the clip is next to play in a playlist Edit Point V Base Audio is shortened on the previous clip and the beginning of the clip being edited is extended Clip 111a Clip112a Ve A Audio advance 2 12 X Note When editing a playlist in V Base or A Base the video transition information is on the top line of the OSD display and the audio transition information on the bottom line of the OSD display How to Perform an Audio Split When you perform an audio split you specify the TC for the beginning or the end of the audio transition In this case you can choose whether you perform an audio delay or advance Enter the Playlist Edit mode Browse to the desired clip in the playlist Press to highlight V Base SHIFT A Press to highlight A Split D Jog to the point where you want to set your transition oa F Wn gt Do one of the following o Mark an OUT point if you do an audio delay o Mark an IN point if you do an audio advance 129 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 The value entered will be present on the PRV screen when the clip is next to play in a playlist 11 16 9 Performing an A Base Edit In an A Base edit yo
29. ALT R RECORD mode to connect to the record trains of a remote machine ALT P CLIP REC mode to connect to the clips and record trains of a remote machine After selecting CLIP RECORD or CLIP REC mode either with the keyboard or by clicking with the stylus select the machine you want to connect to click on it with the stylus or move with the arrow keys and press ENTER on the keyboard Pressing ALT L or clicking with the stylus on LOCAL will close the CONNECT window and return to local clips and record trains To close the CONNECT window without changing the connection mode or remote machine press ESC The next to one of the machine in the list indicates which machine is the active network server Refer to the Chapter 13 Operating on XNet Network on page 151 for details FO Playlist The Playlist screen can be accessed by selecting F10 on the keyboard 56 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 9 3 4 The Clip Information Area The next area is the Clip Information Area which displays the clips of the selected page and bank s Two clips banks are displayed at a time 118Ax jump 18B jump For each clip and camera angle the following information is available Field Description Clip ID Unique identifier of the clip on the server Ex 111A The clip ID is followed by the Creating message when the clip is in the process
30. Audio Effect duration A Mix 00 00 IN point IN 00 00 00 100 gt 00 00 00 00 111A 03 Timecode Speed Clip of clip Duration of the current clip Current clip currently shown Min Sec Fr total clips in Playlist amp Clip Countdown The information displayed below the playback speed will display the audio delay advance or video delay advance in frames depending on the editing action applied or no split if no delay or advance is applied 11 16 4 Default Duration for the Audio and Video Transitions General Use It is possible to set a default value for the duration of the video and audio transitions in the Setup Menu Once this is defined each time a clip is entered or inserted into a playlist transitions are applied with the default values The Video effect duration parameter is available in the Operational Setup menu p 3 1 F1 and ranges up to 20 00 secs The Audio effect duration parameter is available in the Operational Setup menu p 3 1 F3 and ranges up to 20 00 secs or takes the Lock to video value 123 Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Use with Split Audio The simplest type of Split Audio edit that can be performed on an LSM is to make the video and audio transitions at the beginning of the clip have different durations such as a 12 Frame Video Mix with a 2 sec Audio cross fade The value of the Audio eff
31. Equipment SA November 2012 or non protected clip action These clips are however write protected they will never be automatically deleted by the record train VITC Vertical interval timecode VITC is a timing signal that is part of a video recording It is recorded in the vertical blanking intervals between successive picture frames hence the vertical interval VITC table Timecode jump table in which the user defined timecode type is stored This will usually be the VITC in SD and HANC VITC in HD but could be another timecode type 198 7 V To learn more about EVS go to WwW evs com EVS Headquarters Li ge Science Park 16 rue Bois St Jean B 4102 Seraing Belgium Corporate 32 4 361 7000 North amp Latin America 1 973 575 7811 Asia amp Pacific 852 2914 2501 Other regional offices www evs com contact EVS Broadcast Equipment is continuously adapting and improving its products in accordance with the ever changing requirements of the Broadcast Industry The data contained herein is therefore subject to change without prior notice Companies and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies
32. Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D cue points by turning the jog dial When the current picture on the primary channel is neither a clip nor a cue point or if the operator is in Playlist mode pressing the BROWSE key allows him to browse inside the clips of the current playlist by turning the jog dial 4 1 12 INSERT This function inserts a clip before or after depending on the Setup menu the current position inside the playlist 4 1 13 ENTER This function appends clip s at the end of the current playlist This is also used to confirm saving of clips and validate various options and messages 4 1 14 MENU This function allows the operator to gain access to the secondary menu SHIFT MENU on the Remote gains access to the main menu Also used as an ESCAPE key to cancel some options and messages 4 1 15 CLEAR This function clears the IN OUT playlist CLIPS CUE points X Note e To clear one CUE point recall the desired cue point and press CLEAR MARK key e To clear all cues when current picture is not a CUE point press CLEAR MARK key A message appears to confirm the command 4 1 16 NETWORK This function gives access to the clips and or records trains of other machines on the network After the selection of the machine the way of selecting clips and camera angles is similar to clips selection on the local LSM system Refer to the Chapter 13 Operating on XNet Network
33. Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 12 4 2 Controlling the Recorder In the Timeline Edit mode operators work by default on the recorder the jog dial and the lever control the recorder Operators listen to all the timeline audio tracks 12 4 3 OSD Display The following information is displayed on the OSD when the timeline is loaded in Timeline Edit mode Timeline TL location Total TL duration TL13 EDIT 00 19 22 Track V 112B 00 00 25 01 04 A1 113B 00 07 13 02 04 A2 113B 00 07 13 02 04 Relative position in the track identification Track selection for editing action TL control 10 00 00 00 track TC For each track Remaining time to end of element Current element e track description V A1 A2 e asterisk next to the track description showing the selected tracks on which the editing action will be applied e current clip ID e remaining time e relative position in the track 12 4 4 LCD Information The same information as on the OSD is displayed on the Remote Panel with the current timecode of the clip in addition TL13 lt NAME gt Lar T 00 s 00 00 00 y 1128 01 04 00 00 25 11315515611 Ale Lise 02 04 00 0715 11815310806 A2 1138 02 04 00 07 15 11 15510 08 The ABCD Soft keys on the Remote Panel are as follows Video Audio 1 Audio 2 The red blinking keys of the Rem
34. PAGE F_ key corresponding to the page Page 1 contains clips 110 to 199 Page 2 contains clip 210 to 299 and so on 3 Select the bank where the clip will be stored by pressing SHIFT F_ key corresponding to the bank using key F1 to F9 The F10 key is reserved for the playlist bank available on each page 4 Select the location of the clip to store by pressing the corresponding F_ key The clip is created on the specified location The primary timecode of the clip is the primary timecode defined on the train where and when the clip has been created Example To create the clip on the position n 212 page 2 bank 1 clip location 2 1 Press SHIFT PAGE F2 to select page 2 2 Press SHIFT F1 to select bank n 1 3 Press F2 to select location n 2 on the selected page and bank Important The AUTO SAVE process automatically saves clips and playlists at least every minute Exiting the software ALT Q will also save the clips and playlists Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 9 2 3 Recalling a Clip How to Recall a Clip To recall a clip proceed as follows 1 Select the Clip page 1 2 3 to 10 PAGE key 2 Select the bank in which the desired clip is located the F10 key is reserved for the playlist bank available on each page Fl F9 lc Bi H SHIFT 3 Select the desired clip via the F1 F10 keys Clip Recalled Based on the PREF Se
35. Press SHIFT V Base A 4 Press to highlight A Fx Dur C 5 When you move the Lever to adjust the value 11 16 8 Performing A V Base Edit 128 In a V Base edit you delay or advance the beginning of the audio transition compared to the video transition of the clip How to Perform an Audio Delay In this case the beginning of the audio transition will be delayed compared to the video transition The Start on Cut and End on Cut are not taken into account in these editing actions 1 Enter the Playlist Edit mode 2 Browse to the desired clip in the playlist 3 Press to highlight V Base SHIFT A 4 Press to highlight A Delay B 5 Enter a value with the F_ keys including leading zeros 0 2 1 2 2 12 OR move the lever and press ENTER The value entered will be present on the PRV SCREEN when the clip is next to play ina playlist Edit Point V BASE Audio is extended from the end of the previous clip and the audio on the clip being edited is shortened Vr At Audio delay 2 12 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D How to Perform an Audio Advance In this case the audio transition will be advanced compared to the video transition The Start on Cut and End on Cut are not taken into account in these editing actions 1 Enter the Playlist Edit mode 2 Browse to the desired clip in the playlist 3 Press to highlight V Base SHIFT A
36. SDTI Network in the Multicam Configuration manual and to the XT Tech Ref Software manual 13 2 Disconnecting from XNet When you work on the XNet Network and exit Multicam the system checks if other systems are still connected to your server In this case the following message appears Ornar users ar connected to your LSM on XNet network Are you really sure that you want to close the Multicam application ESC CANC EL E ENT ER Y ES Press ESC to cancel the command and return to the application Press ENTER to exit the Multicam application 13 3 Selecting a Server on XNet Selecting the NETWORK key SHIFT PLAY on the Remote displays the Network menu Select a LSM on XNE F1 MICHEL F2 DI ES EA F4 JACQUES F5 ANDRE py ERRE UL LOCAL MACHIN MACHIN MACHIN MACHIN MACHIN Previo E6 F E7 E E8 F E9 F EO F us Page 1 4 Next Record S Clip Rec The LCD screen of the Remote displays the complete list of available systems on the network The list is organized by the order of connection to the network Up to 4 pages are available to display up to 31 servers 151 Issue 11 01 D 152 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 The PREVIOUS and NEXT keys appear only when some machines are not visible on the
37. Srch Net Press several times the D key to select the requested value 8 Press ENTER to launch the search Results If matching clips are found the Remote Panel will automatically be in Browse mode the BROWSE key is red allowing the operator to quickly view the frame of each clip corresponding to the requested timecode by rotating the jog dial To be able to jog inside a clip disable the Browse mode by pressing on the BROWSE key and move the jog dial To return to the Browse mode inside the search results press the BROWSE key again Search results are reset when going by to LIVE mode or when a new search is performed Examples e You have loaded the picture of an interesting event and you want to see all clips that contain that same event Call the Sort gt TC function select the network local search option and launch the search Move the jog dial and you will see the same event on the same timecode from all available camera angles that have been clipped e You know the timecode of a particular event and you want to see all clips containing that event Call the Sort gt TC function edit the timecode to the desired value select the network local search option and press ENTER you will obtain the same result as above if the timecode belongs to the same type as the one previously mentioned 9 2 10 How to Shorten a Clip To shorten a clip proceed as follows 1 Recall the desired clip by pressing the corresponding F_ key
38. Use the jog dial to reach the desired IN point for the Replace section and press the IN key to mark it When the IN point has been marked the display switches to Cam A 2fields Replace Tine bOO mrt OSS The Int Loop B and Ext Loop C keys are blinking If you want to specify the OUT point for the Replace section at this stage jog to the requested point and press the OUT key Otherwise you can define the OUT point while you perform the Replace Press the B or C key to select whether you will use the internal loop or external loop to perform the Replace For more information on the loop type and additional parameters refer to the section Loop Mode in the Replace Function on page 140 The playlist is cued before the IN point to create guardbands ready to be initiated A message appears on Remote Start Replace lever or play button Push the lever or press the Play key on the Remote Panel to shift to the Replace Playback mode and start the Replace process If you have not defined the OUT point for the Replace in step 5 press the OUT key when you reach the desired OUT point While the Replace is being performed the following messages are displayed on the OSD Replace in Progress Clipping guardbands Replace by clip xxx On the Remote Panel a confirmation message pops up Replace in out by clip xxx MENU Cancel ENTER OK P
39. and C parameters are not available either in Zoom mode A Selecting Zoom again will switch to Static Zoom mode Keep in mind when selecting the Zoom option that the software will take a few seconds to apply the change The Static Zoom allows the user to zoom an area of the picture via a picture in picture display 167 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 In the Static Zoom mode at the bottom left of the screen a P appears on the OSD to define the position of the static zoom Just click on the P and move the cursor to indicate where the static zoom should be Keyframe Information Display On the OSD a second line is added to indicate the number of keyframes marked and the position of the current keyframe The information displayed can be interpreted as follows Display Meaning No keyframes are defined 021 21 keyframes are defined but the user is not on a keyframe 012 021 21 keyframes are defined and the user is on keyframe 12 of 21 Transparency Options Select the last choice in the transparency options to set the background in black and white 168 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue 2 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 201 16 16 1 16 1 1 11 01 D Offside Line Mode Introduction Definition and License Code X Note The internal Offside Line mode is a software
40. and Playback of Growing Clips You can recall and play growing clips i e clips that are in the process of being created on a disk As long as the OUT point of a growing clip is not available on the EVS server the LED corresponding to the growing clip location blinks green when it is called and red when it is loaded on the Remote Panel The clip LED will no longer blink as soon as both IN and OUT points are available on the EVS server If the play reaches the end of the available material the play will freeze until new material is available for playout When new material is available the play resumes When the OUT point of the clip is known the remaining time is displayed When the OUT point of the clip is not known the remaining time display switches to until the entire clip is copied Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 9 2 6 Clearing Clips Which Clips Can Be Deleted You can clear clips available on disks or growing clips The function key that corresponds to the clip location on the Remote Panel must be green for the user to be able to delete it e Loaded clips cannot be deleted e Clips included in a playlist or currently used by another operator cannot be cleared either in network mode In all cases a warning message will appear How to Clear a Clip To clear a clip proceed as follows 1 Select the appropriate page and bank wh
41. and video from the clip being edited is shortened A Video delay 2 00 X Note When editing using the Video IN OUT as the reference point V Base the video will be the top line on the OSD display When editing using the audio IN OUT as the reference point A Base the audio will be the top line on the OSD display How to Perform a Video Split When you perform a video split you specify the TC for the beginning or end of the video transition 1 Enter the Playlist Edit mode Browse to the desired clip in the playlist Press to highlight A Base SHIFT B Press to highlight V SPLIT D Jog to the point where you want to set your transition Pak WN Do one of the following o Mark an OUT point if you do a video delay o Mark an IN point if you do a video advance The value entered will be present on the PRV SCREEN when the clip is next to play in a playlist IN Key Colors in Playlist Mode When the Playlist is sitting on the Video and Audio IN point of a Clip the IN key will light red When the Playlist is sitting on the Video IN point of a Clip the IN key will also light red When the Playlist is sitting on the Audio IN point of a Clip the IN key will flash red If the Playlist is in a position where the Audio and Video are synchronous the IN OUT keys will be green If the Playlist is in a position where the Audio and Video IN points have been split the IN key will flash green 131 Issue
42. be delayed If you are using a DVE it could introduce a delay This system is based on the assumption that audio and video are in sync when they hit the record channel The delay value cannot be negative Select SHIFT D to highlight the delay value the display allows you to add frames or fields of delay to the delay value Pressing either MENU or SHIFT D will leave this mode 140 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue 2 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 201 12 12 1 12 1 1 11 01 D Timeline Management Introduction Timeline Creation X Note The timeline feature is a software option which requires the license code 112 being installed For more information on the required license key contact the Support or Sales team The timeline editing feature allows for video and audio inserts in a linear way In Multicam the editing is based on an existing playlist converted into a timeline The timeline mode synchronizes one video track and two audio tracks Each audio track is composed of one mono audio Timelines can be created on the server e via the Remote Panel or in the Multicam user interface e by means of the IPEdit application in PDirector In IPEdit the timelines include 1 video track and can include up to 4 audio tracks Each audio track is composed of one to four mono or stereo audio channels 12 1 2 Timeline Editing Supported Editing Features In Multicam two main editing feat
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44. e A Cut amp Paste of a clip is equivalent to a Move Clip meaning that any reference to that clip inside playlists will be updated to the new location of that clip This is not the case when doing a Copy amp Paste then deleting manually the original clip Clipboard Field This area displays the content of the clipboard clip number network number if the copied clip playlist is a remote clip playlist and the selected camera s for a clip The rest of the line summarizes the available functions copy cut paste delete and their keyboard shortcuts These functions can also be called by clicking on the corresponding area on this line CTL X CUT This command is only applicable to clips 1 Move the cursor to the clip to cut from the Clip screen 2 Press CTRL X on the keyboard or click on the corresponding area on the screen The clip removed from the current location and copied to the clipboard CTL C COPY 1 Move the cursor to the clip playlist to copy 2 Press CTRL C on the keyboard or click on the corresponding area on the screen The clip is copied to the clipboard 63 Issue 11 01 D be Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 CTL V PASTE Long Copy With the Long copy the entire original clip is copied including its guardbands to the destination 1 Move the cursor to the clip playlist location where the content of the clipboard
45. effect type is displayed as a letter symbol in the information corresponding to the loaded element see highlighted letter 111A 04 Clipname0123 00 00 29 Unk Wo0 10 The following effect types are available e C Cut e W Wipe e lt Fade from color e M Mix e gt Fade to color e V Fade to from color 4 To modify the default duration for the transition effect press FX Dur C and move the lever until the requested duration is displayed in the last field of the corresponding element 111A 04 Clipname0123 00 00 29 Unk w00 20 5 Press ENTER to validate the modifications in effect type and or duration 11 16 Split Audio 11 16 1 Introduction Purpose The split audio makes it possible to e Apply transition effect types and durations which are different on the audio and video tracks e Delay or advance the beginning of an audio or video transition Activating the Split Audio Mode Enter the Setup menu as described in the Multicam Configuration manual and enable the Advanced audio editing parameter in the Operational Setup menu p 3 2 F2 121 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Q Note You need to have the license code 112 installed to be able to use the split audio functionality For more information on the required license key contact the Support or Sales team Limitations to the Split Audio Mode When you play a playlist containing
46. from the playlist A confirmation message will appear if the Confirm Ins Del clips parameter has been enabled in the Operational Setup menu p 3 2 F1 11 10 8 How to Move an Element Within a Playlist The action to move a playlist element is described in this section as it uses the Delete command To move a playlist element within a playlist using the Remote Panel proceed as follows 1 While you are in Playlist Edit mode scroll within the playlist to the clip that needs to be moved 2 Select Delete from the Playlist Edit menu The clip is sent to the clipboard and loaded on the PRV channel 3 Scroll to the location in the playlist where you want to insert the clip Remember that the position where the clip is inserted will depend on the value of the Insert in playlist parameter in the Operational Setup menu p3 1 F6 that is to say before or after the selected playlist element 4 Press TAKE or INSERT on the Remote Panel to insert the clip from the clipboard at the requested location The playlist element is inserted at the requested location If the playlist element has been trimmed before being moved the element will be reinserted in the new position with the new guardbands 107 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 10 9 How to Change the Camera Angle of a Playlist Element You can change the camera angle of a playlist element if the material i
47. in Playlist Edit mode brings up the following menu Gile Unawvs OtherAng Replace MakeLoc Redo Undo Select Replace in this secondary menu to enter the Replace function 137 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 18 3 Replace Edit and Replace Playback Modes Similar to the playlist the Replace function has two modes The Replace Edit Mode This mode allows to specify the following information for the Replace e IN point and OUT point for the section to replace in the playlist The OUT point can also be defined during the Replace itself e Loop mode parameters See also the section Loop Mode in the Replace Function on page 140 In the Replace Edit mode the playlist is considered as one entity on which you can mark one IN point and one OUT point pressing the IN and OUT points does not retrim the current playlist clip Those IN and OUT points will be used to determine what portion of the playlist will be replaced The Replace Playback Mode In this mode you play the playlist back and insert the new section between the defined IN and OUT points After you have selected the required settings for the Replace function the Replace Playback mode is automatically activated the playlist is cued before the IN point to create guardbands ready to be initiated The playlist is played at the speed defined in the playlist but the leve
48. is displayed in black and the Mark button is inactive e When Cues is set to Off and Last Cue is set to Ramp Up press Clear Last Cue to reset the speed to PGMSpeed 18 2 3 Hypermotion Secondary Menu From the hypermotion main menu press the MENU key to open the hypermotion secondary menu illustrated hereunder Blocks Pre Roll PGMSpeed 2ndLever 2 O0sl0fr 50 1000 This secondary menu lists the hypermotion settings described in the table below To modify a setting press the corresponding softkey and jog to select the requested value Setting Description Values Blocks Number of memory blocks of the hypermotion 1 to 4 camera to be used if the connected camera supports this feature default 1 The number of blocks displayed in the main menu depends on the number of blocks specified in this parameter Pre Roll Length of the pre roll for the cue points defined From Os01fr to on the material recorded from the hypermotion O5s0O0fr SANRA default 0Os00fr The Last Cue command will go to the desired TC pre roll if the material is available If not the pre roll is not applied PGMSpeed PGM speed that is to be applied for playing back 50 100 200 300 material recorded on the hypermotion camera 400 1000 see note ne using the SHIFT PLAY keys in default 100 2ndLever Secondary lever range to be applied for playing 0 1000 1000 back material record
49. is loaded on the PGM1 e The information displayed on the Playlist screen refers to the current playlist except the remaining time which is not displayed e The PLAY SKIP NEXT and RECUE commands are NOT displayed on the blue highlighted section at the bottom of the page Total 00 00 44 0090 Free PLST el 15627 M MODE C Regeneration of TC Off continuous in PLST from 66 66 66 60 in HANC VITC 11 4 Selecting and Loading Playlists 11 4 1 Setting a Current Playlist Versus Loading a Playlist A distinction is made between setting a current playlist and loading a playlist e When you set a current playlist you access the playlist location on the server but you do not load it on a player channel You can insert clips directly in the current playlist without having to load the playlist onto a channel When Multicam is switched on the current playlist is automatically the Playlist 11 i e the playlist 1 on bank 10 of page 1 e When you load a playlist you actually load it on a given player channel either to edit it or to play it out 93 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 4 2 How to Set a Current Playlist Via the Remote Panel To set a current playlist via the Remote Panel proceed as follows 1 Doone of the following a To seta local playlist as the current playlist go directly to step 2 b To set a distant playlist as the current play
50. is not similar to the Clear Video Disks from the Maintenance menu If you wish to refresh completely the server i e to clear all clips including the protected ones you need to use Clear Video Disks rather than Clear all clips F8 Stop Record Stops the record The REC key will go off and the F8 function key is now used to restart the record Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D Function Key Use F9 Fill Playlist Dump feature which allows all clips to be dumped at the end of the current playlist This allows the operator to save all material to tape as a backup feature after a show is complete You can select in the Setup menu which camera angles have to be included in the Fill Playlist function If your clips are currently connected to another server on the network the clips from that server will be added to your current playlist Make sure that the playlist you have selected is an empty one This function will append the clips at the end of an existing playlist FO Technical Gives access to the technical setup menu setup A Important In order to guarantee the validity of data and clips previously saved it is advised to properly exit the application by pressing ALT Q and ENTER from the keyboard or F6 and then ENTER from the Remote Panel DO NOT TURN OFF THE SYSTEM WHILE THE APPLICATION IS RUNNING 13 Issue 11 01 D 4 1 4 1
51. it just cancels the cam s that are still copying or to be copied of that clip It does not cancel the copying of other clips The Cancel function remains possible even if the page where the clip is being copied is protected 61 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 9 3 12 How to Restripe the Timecode of the Current Clip To restripe the timecode of the current clip proceed as follows 1 Recall the clip by moving the cursor on the desired clip and pressing ENTER or by clicking on it with the stylus 2 Press ALT T on the keyboard to call the SET TC function The Set Timecode screen is displayed without TC Type field with PAL refer to note below SET TIME CODE AND DATE dd mm yy Clip 110 A BCE LTC 07 50 19 18 05 08 07 Set TC 07 50 19 18 05 08 07 TC Type Drop Frame USER 07 50 19 18 05 08 07 Set TC 07 50 19 18 05 08 07 TC Type Drop Frame Primary Time Code A LTC B USER Press Tab to change the focus Press Shift F3 to reset all x Current Primary Time Code ESC CANCEL ENTER YES 3 If you want to modify the LTC timecode and date type in the new timecode for the Short IN point and date of the clip in the Set TC field below the LTC field 4 If you want to modify the user defined timecode and date type in the new timecode for the Short IN point and date of the clip in the Set TC field below the USER field
52. lever range has a larger flat step at 33 With HD SUPER MOTION the step is at 33 or 50 depending on the camera The lever is also used to adjust speed effects type and duration in Playlist Edit mode Issue 11 01 D 2 6 2 6 1 2 6 2 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Keyboard Locking You can lock a remote keyboard at any time to protect it against accidental changes for example to prevent interruption of a play operation on an unattended device Only the locked device is affected other remotes will stay fully operational Locking a Remote To lock a remote press the CLEAR key Then within 2 seconds press the MENU key on the keyboard The following confirmation message is displayed Do you really want to lock this remote Menu Cancel Enter Confirm Press the Enter key to confirm the locking of the remote When a remote is locked o The CLEAR and MENU keys used for unlocking are flashing green o All other keys are continuously lighting red o The jog brake is activated o All keys the lever and the jog beep if pressed or operated except the CLEAR and MENU keys used for unlocking In addition the following message is displayed in the middle of the current screen Msg Clear Menu to unlock the remote Unlocking a Remote To unlock the remote press again the CLEAR key then within 2 seconds the MENU key
53. of being created copied or moved to this location For more information on growing clips refer to the section 9 2 5 Recall and Playback of Growing Clips on page 42 Clip rank Clip rank depending on the channel on which it has been created e Primary next to the clip ID e Secondary next to the clip ID The clip rank information is highlighted in blue if the clip is protected Clip name Name of the clip either automatically assigned or defined by the user Archive Status e if the clip ID is blinking green the clip is flagged for archiving but not yet archived e if the clip ID is permanently highlighted in green the archiving of the clip has been completed Q Note N In the standard view cameras A to D if camera E and or F exist for a particular clip the D column for this clip is replaced by the mention More Clips on blue background 57 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 9 3 5 The Clip Management Area Name Capture Field This is the only capture area of the screen It is used to enter the name to assign to a clip playlist or to enter the ID of a clip to recall Mode Field It indicates if the clip screen is currently in CLIP or CAM mode In CLIP mode actions on a clip will use all available cameras for this clip In CAM mode actions on a clip will only use the selected camera for t
54. should be copied 2 Press CTRL V or click to the corresponding area on the screen The clip in the clipboard is copied to the selected location in Long mode CTL SHIFT V PASTE Short Copy With the Short copy the material between the Short IN and Short OUT points of the original clip is copied augmented by the duration of the default guardbands This allows saving space on the EVS server 1 Move the cursor to the clip playlist location where the content of the clipboard should be copied 2 Press CTRL SHIFT V The clip in the clipboard is copied to the selected location in Short mode CTL DEL DELETE 1 Move the cursor to the clip playlist to delete 2 Press CTRL DEL or click on the corresponding area on the clip screen In CAM mode only the camera selected is deleted In CLIP mode all cameras of the clip are deleted A Important A clip playlist cannot be deleted while it is on air Q Note A e When a clip is deleted all playlists are scanned and that clip is removed from all of them e When a clip is protected or when the Confirm del clp plst is set to Yes in the Operational Setup menu p 5 1 F3 a confirmation is required to delete the selected clip s Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual E 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 201 9 3 14 Clip Screen Extended View The extended view shows cameras A to F instead of A to D Only 1 bank can be view
55. the Search Criteria How to Clear a Keyword with the Keyboard Press lt TAB gt to move the arrow cursor to the lower area of the screen Use the arrows to move the cursor to the keyword to remove and press CTRL DEL Press the lt TAB gt key again to move the arrow cursor back to the keywords list How to Clear a Keyword with the Stylus Click on the keyword to remove on the last line the click on the CTRL DEL CLR KWD area on the screen or press CTRL DEL How to Clear all Criteria at Once Press ALT DEL or click on ALT DEL CLR ALL all keywords timecode Date From and Date To fields assigned as search criteria will be removed and the ranking will be reset to u the lowest level When performing the search only the clips matching all criteria defined by the operator will be included in the search results Press CTRL S or click on the corresponding area to search the local database or press ALT S or click on the corresponding area to search the entire network database 81 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 10 3 4 Search Results The results of the database search are displayed in the Search Results screen If new clips which match the search criteria are created after the search they will be automatically added to the list The Search Results screen includes the following areas e At the bottom of the screen the search cri
56. the clip screen The green arrows surrounding a clip show the current cursor position The arrow keys T 1 lt on the keyboard are used to move across the screen Only 2 banks can be viewed at a time To view other banks use ALT 4 to scroll vertically between banks and use ALT lt gt or PgDn PgUp to scroll horizontally between pages To go to bank 1 of the current page use the HOME key and to go to the Playlist bank of the current page use the END key Once the cursor located on the desired clip press ENTER to cue up the clip on the primary channel controlled by the first remote or on the VGA Call Channel defined in the setup If the channel where the clip is supposed to be loaded is in Plst Edit mode with a PRV channel attached the clip will automatically cue up on the PRV channel If the Clip screen is connected to the clips and playlists of a remote machine pressing ALT L will return the screen immediately to the local clips and playlists 1 Clicking with the stylus means pressing lightly the tip of the stylus onto the tablet Trying to access the playlist bank of page 10 will cause the Clip screen to jump to the playlist bank of page 9 since page 10 playlists are reserved for external protocols 59 Issue 11 01 D 9 3 8 9 3 9 60 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 How to Namea Clip To name a clip proceed as follows 1 Inthe C
57. the main menu SHIFT MENU 2 Press the function key F7 on the Remote 3 Press ENTER or CLEAR on the Remote Panel to confirm cancel the operation If the system is connected to the XNet network an additional confirmation is required A message on the video monitor will notify the operator when the operation is complete A Important The Clear All Clips command is different from the Clear Video Disks command available from Maintenance menu in EVS software e The Clear All Clips command only deletes non protected clips e The Clear Video Disks command from EVS Maintenance menu is more radical and definitely erases all video and audio data from disks Clips stored in protected pages are also deleted Copying or Moving Clips Principles about Copying Clips Copying a clip gives a new clip which is totally independent from the original It can therefore be trimmed named deleted etc without affecting the original Copying clips on the same server does not duplicate the original material on the video drives it simply creates a separate reference to the same video material This means that the capacity will not decrease when making copies of clips on the same machine It also means that deleted copies of clips will not increase the available capacity of the server as long as one instance of the clip remains Copying clips across the network will reduce the capacity of the server where the clip s is are copied by the durat
58. the new IN or OUT point at the desired position X Note Clearing restores the existing IN or OUT point to the end of the guardbands of the clip 11 13 2 How to Sort the Playlist Elements by TC IN From the VGA it is possible to sort reorder the playlist elements by TC IN The sort is done on the TC displayed in the TC IN column whatever the type of TC displayed User TC or LTC XY Note This operation will change the order of the playlist elements and reset the transitions to the default transitions defined on the Remote Panel To reorder the playlists elements by TC IN in a playlist proceed as follows 1 Open the playlist in the VGA Playlist screen 2 Press the TAB key until you highlight the Sort by TC IN field in the Playlist management area at the bottom of the screen 3 Press ENTER to validate and press ENTER a second time to confirm the operation The playlist elements are reordered by TC IN You can undo the operation using the Undo command available in Playlist Edit mode on the Remote Panel 11 13 3 How to Merge Playlists From the VGA it is possible to merge two playlists by copying a playlist and pasting it to an existing playlist The copied playlist will be added at the end of the destination playlist 114 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 11 13 4 Consolidating a Playlist Overview Using the internal loop you can r
59. to insert only that one Press SHIFT ENTER to insert all clips to the end of the current playlist Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 11 11 1 Playlist Management General Information Playlist Creation Playlists can be created on the server e via the LSM Remote Panel and or the Multicam user interface The playlists are using specific banks on each page that can be accessed directly without requiring a dedicated creation step please refer to section 11 4 Selecting and Loading Playlists e by means of the Playlist Panel application in PDirector e via external protocols Limitation on Playlist and Timeline Elements A playlist can include up to 1000 elements Up to 16000 playlist elements can be saved on a server The temporary playlist elements available for undo and redo actions are stored on the server and are purged each time the Multicam application is closed Playlist Location All playlists created are automatically stored on the banks dedicated to playlists and timelines on the server i e the bank 10 of each page Playlists on page 10 are not available from the EVS Remote Panel These playlists are reserved for external protocols Odetics Louth VDCP EVS AVSP Refreshing the Playlist Information Playlist information is not permanently refreshed on the network The playlist information for a remote playlist bank is only tra
60. to start the playback or during playback the pre set speed for the current clip is cancelled and set by the lever position only The playlist will return to pre set speed mode as soon as another clip with a pre set speed is found X Note When using the PLAY key to start the playlist it is recommended to set the lever at the top position 100 If the lever is in low position and the operator touches it by mistake while the playlist is rolling the playlist could freeze on air If the speed for a Super Motion clip is set to UNK pressing the PLAY key on that clip will start the playback of the playlist at 33 98 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 11 8 2 Functions Available from the VGA Playlist Screen To use the following commands you must be in Playlist Edit or Playlist Playout mode e To enter the Playlist Edit mode press the PLST key on the EVS Remote The LCD screen of the Remote displays the information about the previous current and next three clips of the playlist e To enter the Playlist Playout mode press the PLST key again The following operations can be performed from the VGA playlist screen Criteria Description Naming a playlist For more information refer to the section 11 6 1 How to Name a Playlist from the VGA Playlist Bank Screen on page 96 Naming the current clip For more information refer to the section 11 6 3 H
61. 0 Key Behavior e PLAY this key initiates a replay from the first available frame on the current memory block e TAKE this key is operational in any mode e RECORD the remote beeps if the CAM key refers to an empty block e RECORD pressing this key while the current block is recording clears all memory blocks and starts recording on the first one e CLEAR press this key to delete the current memory block data e Last Cue If no cue points have been defined pressing this key will stop the recording and go back to the first recorded frame of the current memory block Cue points management e When anew ARM REC command is issued on a block all its cue points are cleared e If the Last Cue command cannot access the desired TC pre roll the player remains on the current cue point 192 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D If the Last Cue command refers to a TC that does not exist anymore the key beeps but the OSD still displays the number of the cue that you wanted to go to Cue points can be marked across several blocks but the recall is limited to the currently selected block Example o While recording on memory block 1 mark cue points 1 2 and 3 on memory block 1 o Press TAKE to start recording on block 2 and mark cue points 1 2 and 3 o Press TAKE and select memory block 2 The Last Cue command scrolls through the cue points of block 2
62. 14 3 secs Clip 1134A 3 secs Total Duration 7 Secs 118 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 11 15 2 Accessing Commands for Transition Effects The functions related to transition effects are available from the main menu of the Playlist Edit mode and the effects applied are also displayed on the same LCD display Clip position Clip name Clip duration Playlistspeed Effect type 00 00 02 22 111A 04 Clipname01i23 00 00 29 Unk woo 10 112B Clipname4567 00 53 29 Unk W00 10 112B 02 Clipname8910 00 53 29 Unk woo 10 Effect duration es ees rx Dar ai Effect Effect duration edit type edit 11 15 3 Default Duration for Video and Audio Transition It is possible to set a default value for the duration of the video and audio transitions in the Setup Menu Once this is defined each time a clip is entered or inserted into a playlist transitions are applied with the default values The Video effect duration parameter is available in the Operational Setup menu p 3 1 F1 and ranges up to 20 00 secs The Audio effect duration parameter is available in the Operational Setup menu p 3 1 F3 When the split audio is disabled the value for this setting is Lock to video and the Audio effect duration is the same as the Video effect duration 11 15 4 Overview of Transitions Effect Types Default Transition Effect A default mix transition effect audio and vi
63. 2 Move the jog dial to browse the clip and reach to the desired Short IN point 3 Press the IN key to mark a new Short IN point The new Short IN point is instantly saved 4 Move the jog dial to reach the desired Short OUT point Press the OUT key to mark a new Short OUT point The new Short OUT point is instantly saved Move the lever or press the PLAY key to play the clip The replay will stop at the new Short OUT point or after the Short OUT point if the Post Roll mode is enabled 51 Issue 11 01 D 9 2 11 52 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 GOTO IN and GOTO OUT You can use Goto IN and Goto OUT functions to jump immediately onto Short IN or Short OUT points respectively Restriping the Timecode of a Clip Restrictions on the Remote Panel The function to restripe the timecode of a clip via the Remote Panel is more restricted than via Multicam on the VGA e You cannot choose which timecode type you modify you will automatically modify the primary timecode of the clip e You cannot modify the date of the clip e You cannot modify the type for the primary timecode of the clip If you want to modify the date the type of the primary timecode or the user defined timecode you need to go to the Set Timecode screen in the VGA For more information refer to the section 9 3 12 How to Restripe the Timecode of the Current Clip on page 62 How to Rest
64. 2 1 3 Timeline Playout You can play out e any local or remote timeline that has been created on the Remote Panel or in IPEdit e alocal timeline that is still being edited by a Remote Panel or in IPEdit 12 1 4 Principles for Accessing Timelines 142 The access to timelines from IPEdit and the Remote Panel follows the principles defined below e Two player channels are required to load a timeline This pair of player channels is called the timeline engine o In Multicam you need to be in PGM PRV mode to load a timeline o In IPEdit you need to select a timeline engine PGM1 PGM2 or PGM3 PGM4 before you load or create a timeline e It is not possible to load or play the same timeline at a time using the same timeline engine However you can load or play the same timeline on two different timeline engines When the parallel control mode is set up the control switches to exclusive mode on the channels where a timeline is loaded e Itis not possible to edit the same timeline at a time from IPEdit and from the Remote Panel using different timeline engines Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 12 2 Creating Timelines In Multicam the timelines have to be created from an existing playlist or copied from an existing timeline After the transformation the duration of the timeline cannot be changed X Note It is not allowed to insert growing clips in a ti
65. 2 22 V Mix 02 25 Spd Unk A Mix 02 25 A Del 00 00 IN 00 00 00 OUT 00 00 27 00 10 2 1 22 12 23 45 13 00 07 13 100 112B 04 ClipName 999 999 One can set as many swap points as needed If only an IN swap point is set for one clip the audio tracks will be reset by default for the next clip in the playlist Please note that when a swap point is set a cross fade is played between the original audio track and the new track The duration of the cross fade is the default audio transition When a swap point is present in a playlist the display on the VGA and on the OSD changes a is added next to the audio Fx information Display on the VGA LIP 04 Name5678 Loc PL 11 PlistName 12 999 F1l NAME CLIP Sh F1 NAM Clip Name T C In CLIP C Duration 001 111A 01 ClipName 12 hh mm ss fr mm ss fr hh mm ss fr mm ss fr CLIPS AUX 111A 01 AuxCli ALL Spd VideoFx 100 M ss fr 100 M ss fr AudFx Cur Dur ss fr hh mm ss ss fr hh mm ss 003 111A 01 ClipName 12 hh mm ss fr mm ss fr Display on the OSD PL11 03 LEFT 06 42 22 V Mix 02 25 Spd Unk 100 M ss fr A Mix 02 25 A Del 00 00 IN 00 00 00 OUT 00 00 27 ss fr hh mm ss 135 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 LOOP 12 23 45 13 00 07 13 100 112B 04 ClipName 999 999 11 17 4 How to Perform a Swap Audio Track in Manual Mode If the Manual mode
66. 3 3 F2 To use this mode select one channel for example PGM1 and press the PLST key one two or three times to enter the PLST EDIT or the PLST DIFF mode refer to the Playlist Management Section of this manual for details about these modes You can notice that the TAKE key lights green Pressing the TAKE key will allow the operator to return to the PGM selection menu and select another PGM channel where he can start a replay load a clip or another playlist etc In this mode if the operator selects a PGM channel where a playlist is loaded and presses the TAKE key he will enter again the PLST EDIT or PLST DIFF mode When playlists are loaded on all channels currently controlled by the operator in MULTI PGM mode the TAKE key lights red If the TAKE key is pressed the remote will enter a specific PLST DIFF mode where the operator can control several playlists simultaneously and browse them or roll them in sync NEXT and SKIP functions are also available and will apply on all controlled playlists The TAKE button will not light red if one of the controlled channels does not contain a playlist Practical example The operator builds a playlist with Fills and another playlist with Keys He sets the Playlist Load parameter to Conditional in the setup menu then enters the 2PGM mode selects the Fills playlist as current playlist presses A to gain control on PGM1 presses PLST two or three times to enter the PLST DIFF mode and cue up t
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68. 58 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D called using the keyboard tablet and VGA should be loaded Press ALT F1 on the keyboard to select PGM1 ALT F2 for PGM2 PRV ALT F3 for PGM3 etc This function is useful to load clips on channels that cannot be controlled by an EVS Remote Panel or to allow an AP to browse clips on a play channel not used by the main operator Note that if that channel is in PLST EDIT mode with a PRV the clip will automatically cue up on the PRV 9 3 6 Selecting a Clip with Tablet and Stylus To select a different page or bank using the stylus click on the desired page bank number on the bottom line of the screen You can also move to the adjacent page bank by clicking on the red arrows on the top bottom and sides of the screen e left right arrow go to previous next page e up down arrow go to previous next bank If a clip is present in a certain location it will be highlighted in blue Once selected it will be highlighted in orange To cue up a Clip on the primary channel controlled by the first remote or on the VGA Call Channel defined in the setup simply click on it with the stylus If the channel where the clip is supposed to be loaded is in Plst Edit mode with a PRV channel attached the clip will automatically cue up on the PRV channel 9 3 7 Selecting a Clip with the Keyboard The keyboard can also be used to operate within
69. 6 camera angles per clip result in 5400 clips on a server This number is displayed in the upper right window of the VGA Setup screen SHIFT F2 from the PC keyboard If you are working with XNet SDTI network keep in mind that the total number of clips on the entire network is limited to 6 000 or 16 000 depending on the network settings This number is displayed in the same area on the VGA Setup window The following diagram represents the hierarchy of the Multicam clip numbering system As an example clip number 112 is used Clips Page 1 to 10 Selected with the PAGE key PAGE 1 PAGE2 PAGE3 sis PAGE 10 Clips Bank 1 through 9 SHIFT F1 to 9 F2 F3 F4 FS F6 FZ F8 F9 F10 Fl gt BBRESS885 A SHIFT 1 through 10 22 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 5 5 1 5 2 5 3 Control Mode Multicam can be set in three different basic modes depending on commands used Live E2E Mode This mode selected at start up can also be selected by pushing the RECORD key Multicam records the input signal and plays it at the same time on the program output Search Mode This mode is selected by moving the jog dial In this mode the operator has the opportunity to search for an image in order to define cue points or clips Moving the command knob clockwise will force Multicam to search forward moving the command knob counter clockwise w
70. F B PR AO Bee eee eet ae MENU SIFT CLEAR ENTER Provides access to the Secondary Menu Also used as CANCEL in some messages when confirmation is required Note SHIFT MENU returns to Main menu Enables use of the secondary key functions Note This key remains active even if released until another key has been hit Stores or recalls clips recalls playlists and enters timecode information Is a multi purpose key used to clear clips or playlists and to clear IN OUT points Is used to append clips at the end of the current playlist and to validate other options and messages Soft Keys The soft keys have primary and secondary functions and are divided into upper and lower sections MENU SHIFT e el gt gt Aux Clip SECONDARY MIX Sw to IN PGMSpd PREF MENU LOCAL SYNC PRV OPERATIONAL CAM A CAM B CAM C CAM D MENG A B C D The LCD display is divided into two menus e To access the secondary functions in the operational menu A to D press the SHIFT button Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 2 e To access the secondary menu press MENU from the remote controller The secondary menu is used to define settings that do not require regular changes without having to return to the Setup men
71. HIFT B key Trans to change the transparency of the offside zone with the lever or the jog 10 Press Mark to validate the line position The offside line is marked and can be replayed as long as you are in the Offside Line mode If you want to define another offside sequence you need to quit the Offside Line mode and come back to it 171 Issue 11 01 D 16 3 16 4 172 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 How to Edit an Offside Line Once the offside line has already been created you can still load the sequence and edit it To edit an existing offside sequence proceed as follows 1 In the Offside Line mode press Last Cue until you reach the cue corresponding to the requested offside sequence The following menu is displayed on the Remote Panel QUIT EDIT SIDE UNDO Press the A key Edit Jog to move the pivot point to the position where you want to break the line Press TAKE to fix the pivot point Jog to break the line and change its inclination from the pivot point Repeat steps 3 to 5 for each new pivot point you want to define NOOR WN Press Mark to validate your changes How to Play the Offside Sequence Once the offside line has been defined you can play it as long as you are in Offside Line mode It will be played based on the settings defined in the secondary menu For more information se
72. Hypermotion cameras NAC Camera Hi Motion Il and For A VFC 7000 Camera Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Overview The aim of this manual is to familiarize the operator with the Multicam software for EVS High Definition and Standard Definition servers and its Remote Panel so as to learn as quickly and efficiently as possible the basic operations The CLIP amp PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT functions allow the operator to keep up to 5400 clips on a server and of course to replay all or some of them A playlist consists of a list of clips 90 playlists can be defined with video and audio transitions The XNet option networks XNet servers and other machines into a fully integrated production environment Any clip recorded by any server on the network is available instantly for editing and or play out to any other operator The SPLITSCREEN horizontal vertical or mix option displays simultaneously two synchronized actions side by side on the main program output The PAINT option Telestrator draws and applies keying on the recorded pictures Sport actions can be analyzed using different coloured circles arrows and lines The TARGET TRACK option follows a target with a highlighted circle box or ellipse and can zoom in the selected portion of the recorded pictures The OFFSIDE LINE option allows you to draw the offside line or area on the screen by shading a port
73. IN point if existing It will switch in Sync if no IN point exists for the current element or if SW to IN is OFF Pref Aud Met PostRoll Selecting this function enables the Preference mode see section 5 6 Preference Mode PREF for more details Aud Met Aud Met Mix gt Tc PostRoll a This option enables disables the display of audio meters for all channels using the OSD of the output monitors PostRoll Aud Met a 2TG PostRoll Mix Pref When the Post Roll mode is enabled that function is highlighted on the LCD and a P appears on the OSD of the output monitors Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 6 1 2 When the user exits Multicam with the Post Roll mode on this mode will still be enabled when Multicam is restarted The Post Roll mode works as follows depending on the element played e When a clip is played it will not stop on the Short OUT point but will continue to play through the Short OUT point by the Post Roll duration defined in the Setup Menu e When a record train is played the same will happen if the Record trains OUTs parameter is set to Freeze in the Operational Setup menu p 2 3 F1 e When a playlist is played the Post Roll will apply only to the last clip of the playlist Sort gt TC Aud Met Mix Sort gt TC gt Tc PostRoll a This function allows
74. LY cccceecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeaeeeeeeaeeeeeenaeeeseenaeeeeseaaes 186 18 4 4 Working with Multiple Block Memory 00 ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeaeeeseeeaeeeseeeaeeeseeeaeeeseeaaeees 186 18 5 Specific Camera Features ccccccccccceeecccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeaceeeeeeeeeeeaaaaneees 188 18 5 1 NAC Camera Hi Motion larissa eaa erae aa a nA aaae arta aee ba eaea ia 188 18 5 2 NAC Camera Hi Motion Mycaiiisenat e eae aaa e laea aae e aiiken 190 18 5 3 Photron Gamera neseni iinn e e 2d Se ea aea dee a ten raat edt Ea a 191 18 5 4 Vision Research Camera sssssssessssresssnnesrinnasiinnestnnnsnttnnettanadtennantannsttanettanadtannasaannnnaa 192 18 5 5 For A VFC 7000 Camela eain seni a A eaa a A Ae 193 19 SONY XTENDD35 ODETICS amp VDCP PROTOCOLS cccesseeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeees 195 19 1 Protocol OVervieWrarinn Shei eile edt Sead tad Oca ae ET 195 GLOSSARY 23 52 t ete ete sce ahd setae sede ahd such ane nade adn abd aban A A A 197 VII Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D What s New The changes linked to new features on Multicam version 11 01 are listed in the table below and are identified in the user manual by the New logo in the margin Section 2 6 This section decribes the new keyboard locking feature for the remote controller Section 18 5 The Hypermotion chapter includes new supported
75. M REC command is issued on a block all its cue points are cleared If the Last Cue command cannot access the desired TC pre roll the player remains on the current cue point If the Last Cue command refers to a TC that does not exist anymore the key beeps but the OSD still displays the number of the cue that you wanted to go to Cue points can be marked across several blocks but the recall is limited to the currently selected block Example o While recording on memory block 1 mark cue points 1 2 and 3 on memory block 1 o Press TAKE to start recording on block 2 and mark cue points 1 2 and 3 o Press TAKE and select memory block 2 The Last Cue command scrolls through the cue points of block 2 o Togo through cue points of another block select that block first then press Last Cue On OSD the first information displayed in white refers to the cue points on the playing block while the second information displayed in red refers to the recording block Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue 2 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 201 19 19 1 11 01 D Sony XtenDD35 Odetics amp VDCP Protocols Protocol Overview These protocols allow the server to be controlled by external devices Sony BVW75 Protocol This protocol allows the server to be seen as a VTR by the controlling device On a playback channel all usual transport commands play PlayVar pause goto timecode pause stop etc
76. OPERATING MANUAL Version 11 01 November 2012 Multicam LSM V5 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment Copyright 2002 2012 All rights reserved Disclaimer The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this user manual is accurate up to date and reliable EVS Broadcast Equipment cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication Improvement Requests Your comments will help us improve the quality of the user documentation Do not hesitate to send improvement requests or report any error or inaccuracy on this user manual by e mail to doc evs tv Regional Contacts The address and phone number of the EVS headquarters are usually mentioned in the Help gt About menu in the user interface You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of local offices at the following page on the EVS website http www evs tv contacts User Manuals on EVS Website The latest version of the user manual if any and other user manuals on EVS products can be found on the EVS download center on the following webpage http www evs tv downloadcenter Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA N
77. OUT 6 Press the A Extend from IN or B key Extend from OUT to select the Extend action Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 12 6 2 Insert Overwrite Definition The Insert feature in Multicam consists of inserting new material within the timeline The timeline is loaded on the recorder and the new clip to insert is loaded on the player The Insert is always done with three points this means that at least three marks must be defined on the recorder and on the player for Multicam to be able to perform the Insert action IN OUT IN OUT Recorder X x Recorder xX X Player xX Player X IN OUT IN OUT Recorder x Recorder X Player xX X Player xX X How to Perform an Insert To perform an Insert on the Remote Panel proceed as follows 1 Recall the requested timeline by selecting its page SHIFT Page F_ key and bank SHIFT F10 and the timeline position F_ key Press PLST to load the timeline in Timeline Edit mode If desired use the jog dial to position on the requested Mark IN point and press the IN key 4 If desired use the jog dial to position on the requested Mark OUT point and press the OUT key At least one IN or OUT needs to be defined on the timeline Press the Preview Control key PRV CTL to access the player Recall the clip containi
78. RS422 port 6 and defined with the RS422 6 parameter in the Operational Setup menu p T2 2 F6 In this chapter we use the words tracking object to refer to the type of shape selected by the operator circle arrow ellipse or rectangle 163 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 15 2 Creating a Target Track Begin by selecting all the appropriate types of tracking object their size color etc 15 2 1 Selecting the Type of Tracking Object The character on the left of the T letter on the 1 line of the OSD shows the current object O letter o Indicates a circle default option 0 zero Indicates an ellipse Lithole Indicates an arrow E Indicates a rectangle Z Indicates the zoom mode is active circle only available in this mode 15 2 2 Selecting Other Parameters of the Tracking Object T Selects the background shade Transparency level E Selects the border thickness Edge S Selects the size of the tracking object Size C Selects the border color Colour XY Note To select the size of the tracking object when it is a rectangle or an ellipse click on S on the first line of the OSD You must define the position of two opposite corners of the rectangle in case of an ellipse you must define the opposite corners of the rectangle the ellipse is enclosed in When these two corner
79. T TC ALT Z gt ARCHIVE PAUSE To return to the Search screen to perform a new search press ALT S or F8 The previous search criteria are kept until the operator selects new criteria How to Add a Clip to the Current Playlist from the Remote Panel To add a clip from that list to the current playlist call up the clip then press INSERT or ENTER on the Remote Panel How to Add the Search Results to the Current Playlist from the VGA It is possible to directly add one or all search results clips only to the current playlist e Press INSERT on the selected clip to insert only the highlighted one e Press SHIFT INSERT to insert all clips to the end of the current playlist 83 Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 10 4 Assigning Keywords Using the Remote Panel 10 4 1 Keyword Settings A keywords file must be selected in the Setup to enable the keyword assignment functions on the EVS Remote Panel e Inthe Operational Setup menu of the remote the operator can choose between two different modes for the Keyword Mode parameter P 6 1 F2 List default or Numeric e In LIST mode the list of keywords will appear on the LCD display by group of 8 keywords and the operator can select the keyword by pressing the corresponding F_ key The advantage is that the keywords are visible to the operator but this mode can be slow if he has to br
80. Target Actual Target Actual 00 00 00 00 00 00 33 22 00 00 00 0090 00 01 36 12 20 20 58 13 20 19 55 28 A a R ERE Recordin 20 21 32 16 Recording ABCDEF LSM 02 Local Target Actual 00 90 00 00 01 00 03 18 19 21 28 22 20 21 32 16 Recording For each play channel the operator can adjust e the video and audio source camera angle and source server if several units are connected on an SDTI network e the desired delay in hh mm ss fr For each play channel the operator can view the actual delay in hh mm ss fr the timecode of the on air picture the timecode of the incoming picture on the associated record channel the status of the associated record channel Recording Idle Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D How to Configure the Video Delay Parameters of a Play Channel To configure the Video Delay Parameters of a Play Channel proceed as follows 1 Select the play channel to configure by pressing ALT the corresponding F_ key on the PC keyboard ex ALT F1 for PGM1 ALT F2 for PGM2 PRV etc If you want to use another server on the SDTI network as a source press SHIFT F7 on the PC keyboard to call up the network list Use the arrow keys to select a server and press ENTER to validate Select the camera angle use the left right arrow keys or the lt TAB gt key to move the green cursor on the desired camera the pr
81. a split audio the speed cannot be adjusted while playing Changing the speed has to be set in the playlist itself As long as a growing clip is present in a playlist the split audio is not allowed 11 16 2 Menus in Split Audio Mode In Playlist Edit mode the LCD screen displays V Base SHIFT A and A Base SHIFT B commands V Base A Base Effect Edit all Activating the V Base option gives access to the following additional menu V Base A Base Swap A Advance A Delay A Fx Dur A Split A Advance Advances the beginning of the audio transition A Delay Delays the beginning of the audio transition A Fx Extends the duration of the audio transition on both sides This creates an audio delay or advance depending on the modification applied to the effect duration A Split Performs an audio advance or delay by specifying the TC for the beginning of the transition The A Base menu is similar and allows corresponding actions on video transitions 122 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 11 16 3 OSD Display in Advanced Audio Editing In the Output Monitor display additional information is also displayed when the split audio mode is active Plist Duration Playlist P 15 Left 00 00 00 00 Countdown ota cere V Mix 00 00 Spd 100 Playback speed A Del 00 00 Audio Delay OUT 00 00 00 00 00 00
82. and t gt ime C gt lear video disks 1REC Touch Screen cal i gt bration 2REC Dte gt fault to UGA ReCb gt oot SPOT BOX Enable password for technical settings TC 14 26 18 16 OK LAN PC 1 1 26 24 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 1 2 Configuration on LSM Remote Before you start using the Multicam application in Multicam LSM mode you need to ensure that the parameters are properly defined in the Setup menu of the Remote Panel and in the Setup Configuration module of the Multicam application The new parameters are saved as soon as they are modified A Important Prior to using Multicam the operator should enter the Setup menu and set all necessary parameters If clips are stored with certain parameters and the operator wishes to change them afterwards those clips and playlists will not change It is thus important to set these parameters first The Multicam Configuration manual includes a detailed description of all settings which can be defined on the Remote Panel Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 2 Remote Controller 2 1 General Layout The following diagram shows the Remote Panel along with a brief description of each area A B C D F2 F3 F4 FS F6 F7 FB F9 FIO aa CELEC CET aG MENU SHIFT CLEAR ENTER Issue 11 01 D
83. anges to make the Keyword functions available PGM1 Cam A PRWiLs Cem 12 Push PgmSpd Sw Po Tn Pref gt Archive ees Name Pi Bai Clips Local Recordsi Local Pi dig lt Msg gt Swine Rie 2nd CTRL Cam B Cam C Cam D The SHIFT A function of the main menu normally used by the Reset CAM function can be used to define the ranking without entering the secondary menu For additional functions like selecting keywords flagging the future clip for archiving marking it to be pushed to another machine defining its name from the keywords they can be performed from the secondary menu exactly the same way as for a clip already stored All these settings are memorized and will be applied to the clip when it is created 85 Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 10 4 3 Assigning Keywords in Numeric Mode 10 5 86 To assign keywords to a clip in numeric mode recall the clip then press MENU to access the secondary clip menu on the Remote Panel 1 player B10123 2 2action 689012 keyword8 9012 action 889012 ILA Enter keyword o with F_ keys ENTER Push Aux Clip SOrTtT gt IlG PostRoll gt Archive Bete ts Name Cam Enter the keyword position in the list using the F_ keys Every time a new digit is entered the corresponding keyword is displayed in the highlighted a
84. anual Issue 2 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 201 11 01 D 9 3 10 Recalling a Clip 9 3 11 How to Call a Local Clip The machine to which you are connected is indicated on the left side of the Title Bar To call a clip belonging to the machine you are connected to proceed as follows 1 Type either the 3 or 4 digits of the ID Ex 111 or 111A The entry appears in the Name field 2 Press F3 e f only 3 digits are entered the primary camera is selected e lf 4 digits are entered the clip is selected according to the given camera angle e If no clip matches the entry no selection is done XY Note ESC key can still be used at any time to clear the Name field How to Call a Distant Clip To call a clip belonging to another machine than the one you are connected to proceed as follows 1 Type either the first 3 or 4 digits of the ID followed by a and the network number of the machine Ex 111 03 or 111A 03 To call a local clip no matter what machine you are connected to type 00 as network number Ex 111 00 or 111A 00 2 Press F3 How to Cancel a Network Copy on the VGA Select the clip and press the CTRL DELETE keys A confirmation screen comes up Cancel network copy ESC Do not cancel copy ENTER Cancel copy If the Copy Clip option copies several cams of the same clip and some of them have already been copied before the Cancel function the Cancel does not delete the copied files
85. arch criteria the same way they were selected to be assigned to a clip in LIST or NUMERIC mode Up to three keywords can be selected as search criteria If all three keyword locations are used some of them must be cleared before selecting a new keyword Press CLEAR F1 F2 F3 to clear to corresponding keyword location Ranking A ranking can also be used as the only search criteria or can be combined to the keywords as an additional criterion Press the B key several times to select the desired ranking The RESET key SHIFT A can be used at any time to clear all three keyword locations and reset the ranking to the lowest level Archive This field allows selecting archive status for search criteria Parameter On the Remote None default Archive Clips not archived gt Archive Clips to be archived gt Archive blinking Clips archived gt Archive It is possible to include trains in the search The B key allows to toggle between CLIPS CLIPS REC REC 87 Issue 11 01 D 88 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 From Date To Date Selecting a From Date and To Date can be done using the SHIFT C and SHIFT D keys Pressing on any of those keys changes the display on the key to dd mm vy to indicate the date format The F keys are used to enter the date the Clear key being the lt BACKSPACE gt To search only for a specific date use the same date twice
86. cam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 16 1 4 Overview on the Offside Line Commands Main Menu The offside line menu displays as follows and the Mark key is blinking SHIFT SIDE REDO UNDO The following table summarizes the various available commands OSD Command Meaning SHIFT TILT A Moves the line horizontally Shift or around its pivot point tilt SIDE B Changes the shaded area from side REDO C Redoes the last undone action You can redo the last 10 undone actions UNDO D Undoes the last action You can undo the last 10 actions TRANSP SHIFT B Allows the user to change the transparency level with the jog or lever Press Enter to validate the action OSD SHIFT C Allows the user to hide or display again the information on the OSD QUIT SHIFT D Exits the offside line mode Secondary Menu Pressing the MENU key opens a secondary menu that allows you to specify the following offside line settings Setting Description Pause duration Time in frames between the train or clip is paused and the offside line mark is displayed Fade in out duration Duration in frames of the fading effect on the IN and OUT points of the offside sequence Preroll duration Preroll in seconds before the offside sequence automatically defined as a cue when the sequence is saved 170 Multicam Version 11 01 Operati
87. cancel 3 Repeat this operation for the complementary Short IN Short OUT points This is not mandatory If only a Short IN or a Short OUT point is marked the Default clip duration defined in the Operational Setup menu p 2 2 F2 will be used to define the missing point 1 If the operator knows the timecode of the IN OUT point he does not need to browse to that picture He can press ALT I on any picture then enter the timecode of the IN OUT point and confirm with ENTER 68 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 4 Press ALT S to save the clip The Save as window opens giving the operator the opportunity to name rename the clip if needed Pressing ENTER will save the clip to the current cursor location in the lower section of the VDR Panel When the Save as window is open the operator still has the possibility to browse the database select a different page and bank and even connect to another machine on the network using the Connect window Pressing ALT U will save the clip to the first available clip location in the current server Editing a Clip with the VDR Panel Player After loading the desired clip the following functions are available Command Description ALT N Renames the clip Type the desired name and press ENTER to confirm or ESC to cancel ALT I ALT O Marks a new Short IN Short OUT point on the current picture The cursor is auto
88. ck 4 The last recorded frame on block 3 is loaded in play mode Press TAKE to stop the record on block 4 As no free block is available the recording does not start on another block Press CLEAR to stop the play on block 3 delete the material on block 3 and start recording on block 3 Once block 3 has been recorded the record ends as all the other blocks contain recorded material 187 Issue 11 01 D 18 5 18 5 1 188 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Specific Camera Features X Note The following topics describe the differences and variations of several camera models against the standard features described previoulsy in this chapter NAC Camera Hi Motion Application Start At application start this camera is in ARM mode and the recording starts on the first memory block Configuration Parameter Values e Port RS422 e Protocol Sony 9 PIN e The PGMSpeed parameter value 1000 is available e Last Cue values when Cues is Off 50 100 200 300 400 600 1200 Key Behavior e PLAY this key initiates a replay on the current memory block In two blocks mode pressing this ley on the recording block loads the mast frame of this block e TAKE this key is operational in ARM mode e RECORD the remote does not beep if the CAM key refers to an empty block e RECORD pressing this key while the current block is recording does not send any comma
89. clip including its guardbands will be copied to the destination system Default Settings The default settings for the COPY MOVE menu are COPY SHORT CLIP If the operator changes these settings the new settings will be re used the next time this menu is called The default settings will be automatically restored when starting a new Multicam session How to Copy or Move a Clip It is possible to copy or move a clip on the same server or to another server Growing clips can also be copied and moved To copy or move a clip from the Remote Panel proceed as follows 1 Select the original clip 2 Select an empty location on an EVS server connected to the network A new menu appears on the LCD display of the Remote Panel with the corresponding message on the OSD of the output monitors 45 Issue 11 01 D 9 2 8 46 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Coy Cliajo ils to Clijo 144i Cam Ay B Menu Cancel Emecen s Comt al sim C 3 Select the COPY or MOVE function by pressing the A or B key The corresponding function will be highlighted on the LCD and the message on the OSD will be updated accordingly 4 Select the CLIP or CAM mode with the D key 5 Select the SHORT or LONG mode with the C key 6 Press ENTER to confirm or MENU to cancel When doing a network copy the VGA displays the copied of each clip How to Canc
90. current page Local mode The local system is identified with the Local sign after the name of the system The Local function A gives direct access to the Local mode and is highlighted when Local mode is activated Clips Mode The Clip function B allows the operator to connect to the clip banks of another LSM connected to the network In other words the VGA clip screen and the F_ keys of the Remote show the clips from the selected LSM If the operator presses the RECORD key he goes in Live mode on the local record trains Records Mode When the operator selects one of the LSM in the network menu he connects the record trains to this LSM This means that the next time he presses the Records function C the active channels will go in Live mode or Near Live mode for remote trains on the record trains of the selected LSM The clips remain connected to the LSM they were connected to Clips Records Mode The Clip Rec function D allows the operator to connect both to the clips banks and to the record trains of a remote server The VGA clip screen and the F_ keys of the Remote Panel show the clips from the selected server The next time the operator presses the RECORD key the active channels will go in Live mode or Near Live mode for remote trains on the record trains of the selected LSM Select the function key corresponding to the remote system then the LCD display returns to the normal mode PGM1 112B 04 PRV1 CAM B aU C
91. deo is applied to each new clip inserted into the playlist However you can change the type of transition effect in the main menu of the Playlist Edit mode For more information refer to the section 11 15 5 How to Define a Transition Effect on page 121 119 Issue 11 01 D 120 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Possible Transition Effects The following video transition effects can be defined By default the audio transition is always a mix when the split audio mode is disabled Effect Type Description Cut No transition effect is applied between both elements Mix Dissolve effect between both elements Wipe The last frame of the previous element is gradually replaced by the first frames of the next element The wipe effect is shown as a vertical line moving across the video The direction of the wipe effect left to right right to left is defined in the Wipe type parameter in the Operational Setup menu p 3 1 F4 Fade from A fade out effect from a defined color is applied on the first frame of the color lt clip on which the effect is defined The previous clip ends in cut mode In the drawing below the previous clip is displayed in red the next clip is green and the fade in black Fade to color A fade in effect to a defined color is applied on the previous clip up to gt the transition in cut mode to the next clip on which the ef
92. des SYNC To synchronize the selected PGM with the other one Press this button and select the PGM to use as a reference Operator control CTRL CamA CTRL CamB 100 00 00 00 00 1116 clipname Clip of clip currently shown Speed Timecode 100 00 00 00 00 231A clipname Press the LEFT key to take control of the left side of the screen and recall the desired clip for this side Use the command knob to search inside the clip until the desired picture is reached Press the RIGHT key to take control of the right side of the screen and repeat the same operation with the clip you want to display on the right side You can also shift horizontally the clips on both sides so that the action is in the centre of the picture Press the SHIFT key D to enter this mode The menu will change as shown above Press the LF gt key and move the command knob to centre the left side picture Press the RG gt key and do the same operation for the right side picture To restore the default positions press CLEAR LF gt RG gt Pressing the WP gt key allows moving the border To restore the default position of the border press CLEAR WP gt To exit the SHIFT mode press the SHIFT key D again If working in network mode split screen can be performed on remote clips as well as on local clips 175 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipme
93. duction 6 cise ciecscicecescipesivecctcones citestusg vccesscctuvbecees EnA EEA Eea iaraa iaeei 158 14 2 Paint Mode Monitor Display isc sccacs fia gatersarceatd ao lenlaviiskd ated ras eaeted centre ee see 159 14 3 F UNCON Descriptions aeea e e sesubeesagtonnd eai ont e a arapa detaan 160 15 TARGET MODE sccccciie ceases ctwcs es ctecetes cteccuee cbucevecctwcsuen ctuceuecctuceuee ctuceuesctuceuecetuceeess 163 TST Introduction iseen e cebtoanlseaceded cebvomnd ten seadamd ged siesseadannd eai iaia ia 163 15 2 Creating a Target Track sists eM ene ay a Gwent s oh a aa es 164 15 2 1 Selecting the Type of Tracking Object 00 eccceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeseneaeeeseeeaeeeseeaeeeeeeeatess 164 15 2 2 Selecting Other Parameters of the Tracking ObDjeCt ccceeceeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeteeeaeeeseeaeees 164 15 2 3 How to Highlight Video Material 0 0 0 ccceeeeeceeeeeneeeeeeneeeeeeeaeeeeeeaeeeseeaeeeseeaeeeseenaeeeeneaaes 165 15 2 4 Rules When Using Keyframes cccccccceeneeeeeeeneeeeeenaeeeeeeaeeeseeaeeeseeaeeeseeaeeeseeneeeeneaes 165 15 3 Target Mode Monitor Displayeiscss scese deena A oe I Ae ke 166 16 OFFSIDE LINE MODE 2 occesccearccceccmccnatconcenanccance aemencenaiecncatanccmnenanmcnietencceuenamcnueneacs 169 VI Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 16 1 IMtrOduction EEE E EE E E E E 169 16 1 1 Definition and License Code sssssssssssrressrneseinnessrnn
94. e 11 01 D 12 3 12 3 1 12 4 12 4 1 144 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Copying Timelines Overview Copying a timeline works exactly in the same way as copying a playlist For this reason this section will only provide an overview on the possible timeline copies For more details on how to copy a timeline from the VGA and from the Remote Panel refer to the section 11 11 Copying Playlists on page 108 The following table provides an overview on the possible actions on the Remote Panel and on the VGA VGA Remote Panel Local TL Distant Distant Local TL Distant Distant to local TL to TL to to local or TL to TL to position local distant distant local distant position position position position position Copy EDL Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Copy No Yes No Yes Yes Yes EDL Short Clip copy Copy No Yes No Yes Yes Yes EDL Long Clip copy Timeline Edit Mode Accessing the Timeline Edit Mode When the current playlist is a timeline pressing the PLST button enters the Timeline Edit mode The first user of the server gets its first two outputs assigned in this manner e Output 1 TL Recorder It always shows the edit e Output 2 TL Player It works the same way as when the server is on a train or on a clip with one PGM including all mark IN mark OUT functions network access etc Multicam Version 11 01
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96. e clips are shown on the VGA monitor but not on the LCD of the remote The operator can decide to definitively remove the unavailable clips from all local playlists by using the Clr Unav function SHIFT B in Playlist Edit mode Note that this function is only visible when unavailable clips are present and with Split Audio Editing turned off 155 Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 13 4 6 How to Create Local Clips with Remote 13 5 156 Record Trains To create local clips with remote record trains proceed as follows 1 Select the Records mode in the Network menu 2 Select the Remote LSM in the list The LCD display returns to the normal mode 3 Press the RECORD key to select the Live mode A two to three second delay to Live has been defined to ensure safe operations Use the JOG key to go in search mode 5 Change camera angles if necessary The changing camera angles on network train will always switch in pause on the new camera Refer to the note below about the remote camera name Press the IN key to mark your Short IN point of the clip Search the Short OUT point and press the OUT key to mark it Select the clip location to store and press the corresponding F_ key X Note The label of the remote camera is different in order to identify it easily CAMB O2 lt Remote LSM Camera X Note The key flashes during transfer When the key
97. e following schema shows an example with only the video track selected IN OUT Original Timeline A1 A2 Extend from IN A1 A2 147 Issue 11 01 D 148 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Extend From OUT This editing action shifts the IN point of the timeline element which includes the Mark OUT to the defined Mark IN The following schema shows an example with only the video track selected IN OUT Original Timeline A1 A2 Extend from IN A1 A2 How to Perform an Extend To perform an Extend on the Remote Panel proceed as follows 1 Recall the requested timeline by selecting its page SHIFT Page F_ key and bank SHIFT F10 and the timeline position F_ key Press PLST to load the timeline in Timeline Edit mode Use the jog dial to position on the requested Mark IN point and press the IN key 4 Use the jog dial to position on the requested Mark OUT point and press the OUT key IN and OUT are displayed on the OSD The Extend option is displayed on the LCD menu Video Audio 1 Audio 2 Extend 5 Press the D key Extend on the Remote Panel to perform the Extend action The LCD display and menu changes become the following one Extend Menu Cancel Enter Confirm From In From
98. e of the LCD Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D display If the Keyword Info parameter of the Operational Setup menu P 1 1 F2 is set to Yes it will also appear on the OSD of the corresponding output monitors if the current picture is the Short IN point of the clip If all three keywords locations are occupied the operator has to clear some of them to be able to assign a new keyword to that clip To clear one of the keywords already assigned press CLEAR F1 F2 F3 in the secondary clip menu The clip can also be named based on the keywords Press the Name function C key in the secondary menu then select keywords The keywords will be added to the name of the clip up to 12 characters In this mode the name of the clip is visible on the OSD It can also be edited with the following keys e CLEAR erases the last character e SHIFT CLEAR insert a blank e SHIFT F1 F10 insert a number 1 2 3 8 9 0 Once the name is complete press ENTER to validate or MENU to cancel While the operator is in the secondary menu he has full control of the current clip with the lever PLAY key and jog dial so he can browse the clip and start a replay at any time It is also possible to assign keywords and ranking to a clip before it is created Indeed when a record train is loaded as soon as the operator marks an IN or OUT point the main and secondary menu ch
99. e the section 16 1 4 Overview on the Offside Line Commands on page 170 To play back an existing offside sequence proceed as follows 1 In the offside mode press Last Cue until you reach the preroll cue for the requested offside sequence 2 Press PLAY to play the sequence The offside sequence is replayed according to the speed defined by the operator When the sequence reaches the keyframe it is paused and the offside line is displayed according to the fade in out duration and the pause duration defined in the secondary menu You need to move the lever or press PLAY on the Remote Panel Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 16 5 Cue Points Related to Offside Sequence When an offside sequence is created a cue point is automatically defined on two positions e The position where the offside line is defined e The position corresponding to the preroll before the outside sequence When the offside mode is active the user can press Last Cue to find back one of these cues related to the offside sequences Once you have reached the first cue in the train or clip and press again on Last Cue you come back to the last cue 173 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 17 Split Screen Mode The Split Screen mode which is a software option allows a simple split screen effect on PGM 1 This
100. eaches its OUT point 11 14 2 How to Add Remove an Auxiliary Audio Clip to a Playlist To add remove an auxiliary audio clip to a playlist proceed as follows 1 Activate the Aux Clip button by selecting a clip from the clip bank This can be done outside of the PLST EDIT mode or in PLST EDIT mode with PRV CTRL ON You will see the Aux Clip option appearing in the secondary menu on the LCD of the Remote Panel 2 Press MENU to call the secondary menu then Aux Clip button SHIFT B The ID of the Aux Clip appears in the title bar of the Playlist screen F10 3 To remove the current aux clip load the aux clip call the secondary menu by pressing MENU then press CLEAR SHIFT B Aux Clip on the Remote 117 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 15 Transition Effects 11 15 1 Description You can apply effects on the audio and video transitions of a clip in a playlist For each transition you define the effect type and duration The Split Audio option will be handled in the next chapter Normal Playlist with Cuts SEE Clip 1114 3 secs Clip 1124 3 secs Clip 1134 3 secs _ __ _ _ _ ___ _ __ Total Duration 9 secs Playlist with 1 00 sec Effect Duration In an LSM playlist the video and audio effects end at the OUT point of a clip so the duration of clips is shortened by the length of the effect Clip 11
101. ear on the Paint Mode monitor display or press SHIFT A on the Remote Panel menu This feature will cause the drawing to dissolve on and off using the Paint target transition parameter in the Operational Setup menu p 12 1 F1 Library L Selecting L allows entering into a library where the user can load or save entire drawings and logos Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 15 Target Mode 15 1 Introduction cq Note ys The Target mode is a software option which requires the license code 114 being installed For more information on the required license key contact the Support or Sales team The Target mode is not available on EVS servers working with 10 bit codecs This software option enables the tracking of an object action by use of a circle arrow ellipse or rectangle focusing the attention on certain details The user can choose the size color and thickness of the border as well as the darkness of the background for a highlight feature The addition of the Loop function allows the operator to store this effect as a Clip The facilities within this software package can be operated using the tablet and the stylus or a touch screen Change the Pointing device parameter in the Operational Setup menu p 9 2 F2 to toggle between the tablet and the touch screen only when the touch screen is available The touch screen must always be connected to the
102. ecord a playlist back to the server as a big clip if you want for example to record the playlist effects split screen target tracking painting etc as regular video inside the server Depending on the Internal Loop parameter in the Operational Setup menu p 9 2 F6 both video and audio can be looped back into the system or only the video track is looped and the system keeps recording the live audio at the same time How to Loop Back a Playlist into the Server To consolidate a playlist using the internal Loop mode proceed as follows 1 Add the requested effects to the playlist 2 Recue the playlist 3 Activate the Loop mode via the SHIFT LOOP key 4 Roll the playlist The playlist will be recorded onto the disks Channel 1 CAM A as a continuous video audio stream When you exit the playlist mode go back to LIVE record and simply jog back you will see the playlist recorded with all its transitions and at the speed they were played 11 13 5 Generating a Continuous Timecode in a Playlist Overview You can regenerate a continuous timecode for the whole playlist or for each clip of a playlist This can be useful when e you do not want to have a playlist with disrupted timecodes from the various playlist elements e you want to change the timecode type in the VITC or LTC timecode 115 Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Process T
103. ect duration parameter of the Operational Setup menu p 3 1 F3 is only taken into account when the Advanced Audio Editing mode is enabled Otherwise the audio effect duration is always locked to the video effect duration whatever the value of these parameters If the Audio effect duration parameter in the setup is set to Lock to video it will never be possible to adjust independently the duration of the audio and video transitions If you want to adjust one of these transitions and the other one follows please check the Audio effect duration parameter in the setup and make sure it is NOT set to Lock to Video 11 16 5 Associations of Audio and Video 124 Transition Types The following table shows the possible associations of audio and video transition effects when the Audio effect duration parameter is not locked to the video in the Operational Setup menu p 3 1 F3 Audio Effect Cut Mix Fade Fade to V Fade from Mute to from Mute Mute Video Effect Cut V V Mix V Wipe Left gt Right y Wipe Right gt Left V Fade from color V Fade to color y V Fade to from Black y Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 11 16 6 Default Mode for Extending a Transition Introduction Whenever you make a video or audio split the transition originally set is changed which means extended on either or both sides of the transition boundaries In t
104. ection IN4 44 lt gt gt gt POUT GoTO HAVE AS Use the arrow keys to select the channel and press ENTER or directly press ALT the number of the channel as highlighted in green The Play channels already assigned appear in grey and cannot be selected Select O Disable Window if you don t want to assign any channel to the window Depending whether a Play or Record channel is assigned to the VDR Panel window its content is automatically updated 9 4 3 VDR Panel Player Window ID of the current Current timecode element clip or train PGM1 Name of the current NAME element MARK IN OUT List of available LIVE gt E YLOOP UVAR A ABCDEF camera angles green and IN4 44 lt gt gt b POUT GOTO SAUE AS selected camera angle red How to Load a Record Train Press ALT L to go in LIVE mode or click on the LIVE function then press ALT the letter of the desired record train A B C D E F or click on it The letters corresponding to the available record trains are highlighted in green and the letter of the current record train in red 67 Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 How to Load a Clip Use the arrow keys to move the cursor inside the lower section of the VDR Panel to the desired clip and press ENTER or click on the desired clip with the stylus or type the desired clip ID and press F3 To select a different camera ang
105. ed at a time The switch between standard and extended view is done by pressing F5 on the keyboard or by clicking on the F5 VIEW area on the screen CLIP 02 mtpcO2 Loc REC 04 mtpcO4 TOT 6110 CLP 02h17mO6 REM O2h4O0m54 Zi F1 NAM CAM F3 CALL F4 PREF F5 UIEW FG KW1 F7 KW2 F8 SRCH F9 CONNCT F10 PLST Arc OF 65 Issue 11 01 D 9 4 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Using the VDR Panel The VGA VDR Panel is accessed from any VGA screen by pressing SHIFT F9 on the keyboard The lower section of the VDR Panel is similar to the clip screen with the same functions The upper section of the VDR Panel features two windows that can each take control of one channel of the server Pressing SHIFT F9 in the VDR Panel returns the VGA to the Clip screen mode CLIP 02 atpcGs hoes REG i94 ntpeRN TOM 0110 CLP O2h1 7m06 REM 02h56m46 Zi T F1Q 31 Canh 18 PETON Ie ance ea change HEC ON CAP NAME MARK iN MARK FIN oUi CLIP NAME BECED ive gt i GLoop far A BBcoOEF 9 4 2 66 IN4 44 lt gt gt gt POUT GoTO AVE AS MODE CLIP AB BANK gt 1 lt VDR Panel Lower Section The browsing of clips the viewing modes normal or extended the way clips are recalled moved and copied etc in the VDR Panel is strictly the same as in the Clip screen The Connect window is called with F9 and allows to connect to other servers on the network
106. ed on the hypermotion amer default 1000 Note The 1000 value for PGMSpeed is not available for all camera models 180 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 18 3 18 3 1 18 3 2 Controlling the Hypermotion Camera from the Remote Introduction This section presents the various commands you can use on the remote panel to control the hypermotion camera The corresponding command on the hypermotion camera is mentioned when available The standard behavior applicable to all cameras Photron Vision Research and NAC is first explained When a given camera has a specific behavior this is explicitly mentioned The Remote Keys PLAY This key corresponds to the Play command on hypermotion cameras Press the PLAY key on the remote to initiate a replay on the current memory block The corresponding CAM key flashes green to indicate the playback status x Note The PLAY button behavior depends on the camera model SHIFT PLAY There is no corresponding command on hypermotion cameras Press the SHIFT PLAY keys on the remote to initiate a replay on the current memory block at the speed defined in the PGMSpeed parameter Press again PLAY SHIFT PLAY or PRV CTL to return to the normal playing speed The corresponding CAM key flashes green to indicate the playback status Mark This key corresponds to the Mark Cue Point com
107. ed several times to include multiple circles Refer to the Loop explanation on page 19 15 2 4 Rules When Using Keyframes The first last keyframes can be at the IN OUT points of the clip If when a replay is viewed the action is not accurately followed stop the replay where the tracking object has drifted away from the target and use the pen to move the circle to the correct point marking an additional keyframe This can be done as many times as necessary When checking modifying a track the arrows that appear at the bottom left of the screen may be used to select the next previous marked keyframe If one keyframe is to be erased use the arrows to get to the appropriate keyframe and then select ERASE E Erasing ALL keyframes can be done using RESET R If working in network mode target tracking can be performed on remote clips as well as local clips 165 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 15 3 Target Mode Monitor Display Choose Erase Single highlight tool Keyframe Background Thickness PEIRA Erase all Circle Size Color eylrame s Keyframes To go to Next KF no arrow no KF Number of Keyframe s OiP 00 00 00 00 00 00 Countdown fie Sov ad Z gt Ma lt lt lt I gt gt gt Jog Switch between To mark Pause Live Play zoom highlight Keyframe SloMo and static zoom Displayed Letter Function T Selects
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109. el a Network Copy on the Remote Panel When the clip is copying its light flashes green Pressing CLEAR the corresponding F_ key allows cancelling the network copy A confirmation screen comes up to cancel the network copy Cancel network copy MENU Do not cancel copy ENTER Cancel copy Secondary Menu in Clip Mode Overview In Clip mode the secondary menu of the Remote Panel is different from the Record Train mode PGM1 112A APRIL ILI Z 18 Push Auz Clip Sort gt IC Post Roll gt Archive weet Name Pi Boi Clijess Local Recordes Local Pil Iie lt gt Msg Rst Cam Sync Prv Zr CANRUL Cam B Cam C Cam D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D Press MENU to access the secondary menu If no keyword file is selected in the setup the LCD display will be Push Sorta UC gt Archive In this mode of the secondary menu clips can still be directly recalled using the F1 F10 keys of the Remote Panel If a keyword file is selected in the setup the LCD display will be a o Eleacraom I Posacclom 6 P2saccilom 2 Pisacciom 7 PAsacciom 3 EPSsacraom g F4 action 4 Qe Fogaction 5 FO Next page Push Aux Clip Sore STC Post Roll gt Archive KEE Name In this mode of the secondary menu the F1 F10 keys are used for keyword assignment and thus ca
110. eld every two fields Please note that the audio is also affected by this effect making it unusable and therefore muted This mode is deactivated when exiting a playlist Next While the playlist is rolling on air selecting the Next function will start the transition of the next clip with the transition effect listed on the playlist This can be used if a clip is running too long and it is necessary to shorten up the playing time Skip While the playlist is rolling the next clip in the sequence is always displayed on the PRV screen The Skip function allows the operator to discard clips before they go on air The clip that will be skipped is the one displayed on the PRV screen This function does not remove the clip from the playlist but it simply allows it to be skipped during playback Edit Selecting the Edit function gets the user back to the Playlist Edit mode Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue 2 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 201 11 9 11 9 1 11 01 D Overview of Editing Functions in Playlist Edit Mode The following section presents the various editing functions available from the main and secondary Playlist Edit Mode Main Menu in Playlist Edit Mode Introduction The main menu in the Playlist Edit mode is available when you select the location of the requested playlist and press PLST on the Remote Panel Insert Speed FX Dur Delete Effect Edit All
111. em can be run using 1 2 3 or 4 EVS Remote Panels Depending on the number of play channels available in the current configuration 1 2 3 or 4 Remote modes will be available from the main menu F1 1 Remote One Remote Panel is used in the configuration F2 2 Remotes Two Remote Panels are used in the configuration If 4 play channels are available when selecting the 2 Remotes mode the operator can choose between two configurations e 2 play channels for each remote In this configuration each Remote Panel can select PGM PRV or 2PGM mode Each Remote Panel can manage video transitions cut mix wipe in PGM PRV and playlist modes e 3 play channels for the 1 remote and 1 play channel for the second remote In this configuration the 1 remote can select PGM PRV or 3PGM mode and can manage video transitions The 2 remote is forced to 1PGM mode and can only handle cut transitions F3 3 Remotes Three Remote Panels are used in the configuration F4 4 Remotes Four Remote Panels are used in the configuration F5 Char On Off Enables or disables the on screen display Timecode Clip ID on the output monitors F6 Exit Exits the Multicam software and returns to the EVS Menu F7 Clear all clips Clears all clips All clips will be lost A confirmation of this command is required For more information to this action refer to the section 9 2 6 Clearing Clips on page 43 Note This command
112. em will ask you whether you want to copy the current playlist at this new location 11 4 4 How to Exit the Playlist Mode Press the RECORD key on the Remote Panel to exit the playlist mode and return to E2E mode D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 11 5 Deleting Playlists 11 5 1 How to Delete a Playlist Deleting a playlist deletes all the playlist elements from the playlist and the playlist definition in the database To delete a playlist proceed as follows 1 Access the playlist bank where the playlist to delete is stored by pressing F10 from the requested page 2 Press CLEAR the F_ key corresponding to the playlist you want to delete You will be asked or not to confirm the deletion action depending on the value defined for the Confirm del clp plst parameter in the Operational Setup menu of the Remote Panel p 5 1 F3 The empty playlist location remains available 11 5 2 How to Delete All Playlists of a Bank To clear all playlists stored on a given bank proceed as follows 1 Select the page that includes the bank on which you want to delete the playlists 2 Press CLEAR SHIFT and the F10 key that corresponds to the requested playlist bank The following confirmation message will be displayed 3 Press ENTER to confirm and the playlists and timelines on the playlist bank of the selected page will be deleted This will delete all playlist
113. ent functions are installed on the server Creating and Selecting the Keyword File The keyword file is a simple text file with a name of 8 characters and a KWD extension All keyword files must be located in the Multicam KWD directory of the server A sample keyword file SAMPLE KWD is provided by EVS when Multicam is installed The content of a keyword file is similar to the following 1 action 1 2 action 2 3 aCtion 3 4 action 4 5 action 5 6 action 6 7 action_7 8 action 8 9 action 9 10 action_10 11 action 11 12 action 12 13 action_13 14 action 14 15 action 15 16 action 16 17 action 17 18 action 18 19 action 19 20 action 20 21 player Al 22 player A2 23 player A3 24 player A4 25 player A5 26 player A6 27 player A7 28 player A8 29 player A9 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 10 1 1 30 player A10 31 player All 32 player A12 33 player Al3 34 player Al14 35 player A15 36 player Al16 37 player A17 38 player A18 39 player A19 40 player A20 41 player Bl 42 player B2 43 player B3 44 player B4 45 player B5 46 player B6 47 player B7 48 player B8 49 player B9 50 player B10 51 player B11 52 player B12 53 player B13 54 player B14 55 player B15 56 player B16 57 player B17 58 player B18 59 player B19 60 player B20 e
114. enu 2 Select a remote clip in the banks The corresponding F_ key lights red 3 Press ENTER on the Remote 4 Repeat the three first steps as many times as necessary until the last clip is entered In Playlist Edit mode the remote display gives all needed information regarding this playlist and this information is updated each time a clip is stored in the playlist PL11 LSMO1 MICHEL HOC MUD WR Q0FOO0E D022 152A 03 Cio Tiz 002 01320 Unk e10 1114 04 Clip Foor 00 10 25 Unk 2 LG WAL 218 Clipname4567 00 04 29 Unk GLO 112B 02 Clip 0113 00 01 10 Unk gil 5526 08 noname01234 00 02 50 Unk eile APMC EDIT ALL FX ELETE 13 4 5 How to Roll a Playlist with Remote Clips To roll a playlist with remote clips proceed as follows 1 Once the playlist is cued and ready to roll select the playlist from the playlist bank 2 Press the PLST key on the Remote Panel 3 Move the lever to start the playback or press the PLAY key Clips Unavailable on the XNet Network While the playlist is rolling on air a remote clip might be unavailable due to a network problem or simply if the Remote LSM has left the network In this case the clip is marked as NOT AVAILABLE on the playlist screen and is skipped when the playlist is rolling If a clip is available again it will re appear automatically and be played at the right position in the playlist Unavailabl
115. ere the clip to be erased is stored 2 Press CLEAR followed by the F_ key that corresponds to the clip Important In most cases no confirmation is required and the clip will be instantly deleted 3 If the clip is protected or if the Confirm del clp plst parameter is set in the Operational Setup menu p 5 1 F3 a warning message appears 4 Press ENTER to confirm and the selected clip will be erased How to Clear Unprotected Clips in a Bank To clear all unprotected clips stored on a given bank proceed as follows 1 Select the page that includes the bank on which you want to delete the unprotected clips in a clip bank 2 Press CLEAR SHIFT and the F_ key that corresponds to the requested clip bank The following confirmation message will be displayed Caution This will delete all unprotected clips stored on bank X Menu Cancel Enter Confirm 3 Press ENTER to confirm and the unprotected clips on the bank are deleted R Issue 11 01 D 9 2 7 44 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 How to Clear All Unprotected Clips The Clear All Clips command will only delete the non protected clips The clips stored on protected pages as defined in the Setup as well as the clips protected by another protocol or clips included in playlists will not be deleted by this operation To clear all non protected clips proceed as follows 1 Go to
116. ess ENTER The new camera angle is loaded on the channel Set the new value for the delay use the left right arrow keys or the lt TAB gt key to move the green cursor over the TARGET DELAY field and enter the desired delay value in hh mm ss fr Press CTRL the corresponding F_ key on the PC keyboard to activate the new delay on the selected channel ex CTRL F1 start the new delay on PGM1 If the duration of the record train is lower than the target delay the channel will pause on the first recorded picture until the record train is long enough for the desired delay In this case the message WAIT is displayed on the OSD of that channel 37 Issue 11 01 D 9 1 9 1 1 38 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Clip Management Introduction Clip Structure A clip is defined by Short IN and Short OUT points When referring to Short IN and Short OUT points the operators usually use the terms IN point and OUT point When Short IN and Short OUT points are set the system automatically write protects a user definable length of material before and after the Short IN OUT points respectively these are referred to as the guardbands For this reason the IN point before the guardbands and the OUT point after the guardband are called Protect IN point and Protect OUT point It is possible to trim a clip by redefining Short IN and Short OUT points If Short IN and Shor
117. essing the corresponding A or B key then press D DONE to validate your selection Do the same to bring the control of a channel back to the EVS remote Full Control and Lever Control Controlling both PGM and PRV is done when PRV CTL direct access key from the remote is not activated Once selecting PRV CTL the operator will have control of the PRV with the jog dial and most buttons while the lever and the Play button will control the PGM output At this point selecting clips will call them up on the PRV side The combination of the PRV CTL and the SW to IN functions allows the operator to auto chain cameras from the same IN point CAMA i LIVE Record CAMB a CAMC wa CAM D ee When an IN point has been marked the operator activates the PRV CTL and sets ON the SW to IN option Then the slow motion of one camera can be started from this IN point The operator selects another camera in the PRV output and via the TAKE button can auto chain cameras from the same IN point on the PGM output 31 Issue 11 01 D 7 1 7 1 1 32 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Multi PGM Mode 1 2 3 PGM modes press A or B from Main menu Multicam has two modes for its basic operation 1 PRV PGM mode or Multi PGM mode e The 1PGM PRV mode as described previously is the more powerful of the two allowing interaction between all outputs Here synchronized replays can be
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119. f the transition effect The default value that initially appears is determined by the value set in the Setup menu The effect duration will affect the transition at the beginning of the selected clip Use the lever to adjust the value then press ENTER to confirm Effect The Effect function SHIFT C key is used to select the type of transition effect MixWipe Cut Fade Move the lever to set the type of effect when Effect is highlighted Press ENTER to validate For more information on the effects types refer to the section 11 15 Transition Effects on page 118 Delete The Delete function allows the operator to quickly edit a playlist by removing the selected clip The clip that has been cut can then be inserted into another location This clip is displayed on the second PRV output To insert it at another position in the playlist simply go to that position using the jog dial and press the Insert key or TAKE Secondary Menu in Playlist Edit Mode Introduction You can access the secondary menu of the Playlist Edit mode pressing MENU on the Remote Panel when you are in the main menu of the Playlist Edit mode Gillam Una OtherAng Add cut Replace MakeLoc Redo Undo Replace The Replace function makes it possible to replace a portion of a playlist by the same A V material to which effects have been added externally or internally This consolidates the effects within the playlist For more in
120. fect is defined In the drawing below the previous clip is displayed in red the next clip is green and the fade in black Fade to from A fade in effect to a defined color is applied on the previous clip up to its color V fade OUT point and a fade out effect from the same color is applied on the next clip on which the effect is defined from its IN point The effect duration must be a multiple of 2 frames In the drawing below the previous clip is displayed in red the next clip is green and the fade in black Note The color of the fade effects is defined with the Fade to from colour parameter in the Playlist settings of the Operational Setup menu p 3 3 F1 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 11 15 5 How to Define a Transition Effect You can add transitions on one or all elements of a playlist as follows or more precisely modify the default effect applied mix 1 Select the playlist location and press PLST to open it in Playlist Edit mode The main menu appears Effect Edit All Insert Speed FX Dur Delete 2 Browse to the playlist element at the beginning of which you want to modify the effect or press Edit All SHIFT D to modify the effect on all playlist elements 3 To modify the effect press Effect SHIFT C and move the lever until the requested effect is displayed on the LCD display The
121. for the Internal Loop parameter To leave the loop mode you need to press SHIFT LOOP again X Note By default users have to connect the clean SDI output to the Loop In connector given that the OSD of the output monitors are not disabled If users want to use the output monitor with characters out they have to start the Multicam application with the following parameter LOOP_SDI_MON This is very useful to consolidate effects and edits or adding live sound or music or voice to previously recorded material when only the video is looped back into the server X Note When playing back at 200 in loop mode then replaying the looped sequence at 50 you can obtain a film effect 4 1 20 4 1 21 RETURN Inside a clip press the RETURN key to remain on the same picture but inside the record train instead of the clip if that picture still exists in the record train This is useful when a clip is too tight and you want to use material beyond the current IN or OUT point PAGE Use this key to select a new clips page After pressing the SHIFT PAGE key you must press a F_ key to select the corresponding page 1 to 10 Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 4 1 22 Rebooting the System from the LSM 20 Remote Hard Reboot In the event that the system needs to be rebooted the process can be accomplished from the Remote Panel Kee
122. formation refer to the section 11 18 Replace Function on page 137 Cir Unav The Clr Unav Clear Unavailable function SHIFT A key allows the user to remove the clips that are not available on the network from all local playlists This function is only visible when unavailable clips are present and when the Split Audio Editing is turned off Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D MakeLoc The MakeLoc Make Local function B key offers the possibility to copy locally remote clips in a playlist In the playlist secondary menu select on the B position MakeLoc When the function is called the remote clips are replaced by short copies of the local ones as soon as they are available Undo Redo The last modifications of a playlist can be undone redone for as long as the operator does not exit the Playlist mode e g returning to Live Pressing the Undo command D key will undo the last modification Up to 9 modifications can be undone Once a modification has been undone it is possible to redo it by pressing the Redo key C key OtherAng The OtherAng Other Angle function SHIFT C key allows the operator to replace the current playlist element by another playlist element showing a different angle of the recorded material When the OtherAng option is selected Multicam loads the local and network trains that include the TC IN of the playlist element t
123. function restores the position of cameras on the active channels CAM A on PGM1 CAM B on PRV N AN ote When a clip playlist is loaded on a channel switching back to Live mode will recall the record train which was last used on that output This avoids too frequent uses of the RST CAM function Local This function allows the user to reconnect to the local LSM after having accessed distant clips or record trains The function is highlighted when the user is connected to both clips and record trains on the local LSM It is displayed only on Master Server LSMs when they are connected to the SDTI network Sync Prv Rst Cam Sync Pry Sync Pry l CTRL Cam A Cam CY c l This option allows the user to synchronize the PRV with the timecode and speed of the PGM output This function is not available with remote record trains Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 6 2 2nd CTRL This function allows the operator to swap the control of one or several play channels between the EVS Remote Panel and a third party controller Both controllers receive permanently the status of the channel s but only one controller at a time is able to actually control a channel The secondary controllers are defined in page T2 2 of the Technical Setup menu Press this function to enter the 2nd CTRL menu select the channels that you want to pass to the secondary controller by pr
124. g Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 12 2 IN OUT Before adding cut 111A i Adding cut E A After adding cut et 1 E After adding cut elt 2 C A Adding Cut Behavior When adding a cut to a clip Multicam will behave as follows The transition applied at the cut point is a cut for both audio and video Issue 11 01 D The speed of the cut elements is the same as the original element even if it is Unknown The stop and start modes of the cut elements are auto Any loop defined on the playlist that includes the original element conserves and includes the cut elements Any tag defined and active on the original element at the cut point is recreated at the short in of the second cut element The adding cut is not possible in the following cases 11 13 Other Editing Functions for Playlists 11 13 1 Within a video effect Within an audio effect beginning or finishing the original element How to Trim Clips into a Playlist Every playlist element can be trimmed independently of all other instances of the same clip number To trim clips into a playlist proceed as follows 1 2 Browse to the desired element in the playlist Re mark a new Short IN or Short OUT 113 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 If the clip duration is too short clear the IN or OUT point by selecting CLEAR and then set
125. h it or play it o Selecting the same block another time loads it at the frame it was last loaded on Cue points management e Cue points are only managed in Loop mode e When anew ARM REC command is issued on a block all its cue points are cleared e If the Last Cue command cannot access the desired TC pre roll the player remains on the current cue point Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D If the Last Cue command refers to a TC that does not exist anymore the player remains on the current frame Cue points can be marked across several blocks but the recall is limited to the currently selected block Example o While recording on memory block 1 mark cue points 1 2 and 3 on memory block 1 o Press TAKE to start recording on block 2 and mark cue points 1 2 and 3 o Press TAKE and select memory block 2 The Last Cue command scrolls through the cue points of block 2 o Togo through cue points of another block select that block first then press Last Cue On OSD the first information displayed in white refers to the cue points on the playing block while the second information displayed in red refers to the recording block 18 5 3 Photron Camera Application Start At application start this camera is in ARM mode and the recording starts on the first memory block Configuration Parameter Values Port RS422 Protocol Sony 9 PIN The PGMS
126. he Fills playlist to its 1st clip Then he presses the TAKE key to return to the PGM selection menu selects the Keys playlist as current playlist presses B to gain control on PGM2 presses PLST two or three times to enter the PLST DIFF mode and cue up the Keys playlist to its 1st clip Then he presses the TAKE key to return to the PGM selection menu presses D to gain control on both PGM channels then presses TAKE to enter the PLST DIFF menu He will see the content of both playlists side by side on the LCD screen and can browse them or play them in Sync at any speed and perform SKIP and NEXT commands as needed 35 Issue 11 01 D 36 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Video Delay When the Multicam software has been configured with a base configuration Video Delay in the Channel Parameters menu the Delay Screen will appear automatically when the application is started In this case all play channels will be available from the Delay screen If Multicam is running a base configuration different than Video Delay this screen can be called manually from the Clip screen Playlist Screen or Network Screen by pressing SHIFT F7 on the keyboard In this case only the play channels assigned to user 1 i e the 1 EVS Remote Panel if the base configuration is LSM or maXS or the 1 protocol if the base configuration is in slave mode H BCDEF LSM 03 mtpcO3 ABCDEF LSM 02 Local
127. he Operational Setup menu use the Extend split transition parameter p 3 2 F3 to set the default mode for extending transition effects this means you specify where the effect is extended Transition Modes The following table summarizes the various transition modes Criteria Description Center on Cut The transition is extended equally in both directions This is the default value End on Cut The transition is extended to the left so that the end of the transition is not changed Start on Cut The transition is extended to the right so that the start of the transition is not changed Ask Asks the operator to choose one of the 3 options above each time he edits a transition Possible Cases You can build different types of playlists depending on e the transition mode in video or audio split e the transition duration The following schemas show for each transition mode a playlist with e the same video and audio transitions no audio or video split on playlists 10 13 and 16 e anextended audio transition V Base edit on playlists 11 14 and 17 e an extended video transition A Base edit on playlists 12 15 and 18 125 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Center On Cut i H Vs PL 10 A Hi Vi Y Zz Us ZZ A Wl We Ws y L G A H Vs Sta
128. his clip Default value is CAM mode Clip Control Area It is dedicated to play out control Command Description ALT P gt m Plays at 100 speed except for super motion clips which are played back at 33 speed and pause playback on the current picture ALT R RECUE Jumps to the Short IN point Primary ALT T SET TC Restripes the timecode of the current clip ALT Z gt ARCHIVE Allows the operator to flag a clip to place it in the archive queue of the XFile defined in the Operational Setup menu p 7 1 F1 or in the Setup screen When a clip is flagged for archiving but has not yet been archived its ID will be blinking green in the Clip screen It is permanently highlighted green when the archiving of the clip is completed Depending on the mode selected with the F2 key CLIP CAM the gt ARCHIVE flag is assigned only to the camera angle of the clip selected with the green cursor CAM mode or to all camera angles of the clip CLIP mode PGM X Located in the bottom right corner of the clip screen this field is only visible if the Call channel VGA function has been enabled in the Operational Setup menu p 9 2 F4 or in the Setup Screen and is only effective in CAM mode not in CLIP mode It allows the operator to select on which channel clips 1 The EVS Xfile is a 2U device with 2 removable hard drives that can be connected to the XNet SDTI network Clips can be archived to restored from the removable media
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131. ill force it to search backwards The most important thing to note is that Multicam never stops recording while searching Playback Mode Moving the lever or pressing the PLAY key selects this last mode Multicam plays the incoming signal delayed a clip or a playlist in slow motion and of course continues to record the incoming signal on disks As soon as the lever is moved Multicam starts playing back from the current picture The playback speed is defined by the lever position This is used to start the playback of a normal slow motion as well as the playback of a clip or a playlist During playback the system never stops recording Each operation on the Remote Panel with the command KNOB or LEVER will be associated to the Search or Playback mode respectively 23 Issue 11 01 D 5 4 5 5 5 5 1 24 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Synchronization Mode Switch To In If the synchronization mode is OFF SW to IN is not highlighted in the secondary menu a request for camera change will produce a jump at the same timecode on the requested camera This mode allows synchronous change of camera angle If the synchronization mode is ON a request for a camera change by pressing CAM A CAM B CAM C or CAM D in the Multicam menu will lead to a jump to a predefined CUE IN point SW TO IN Off SW TO IN On Cue In1 Cue In1 Clip A ETEN Cue In2 Cue In2 Cue In3 Cl
132. in the From Date and To Date fields Once a date is entered pressing Clear SHIFT C or Clear SHIFT D reset the FromDate or ToDate to the default parameter dd mm yy RESET The RESET key resets the default values of the search criteria no from to date and set the default TC to the TC of loaded on the PGM RETURN The RETURN key A is used to exit the Search function without performing any search Search LOC Search NET Once the search criteria are defined press SRCH LOC C to search the local clips database or SRCH NET D to search the entire network database The matching clips are the ones that contain all keywords used as search criteria and that have at least the requested ranking If matching clips are found the remote will automatically be in Browse mode the BROWSE key is red allowing the operator to quickly view the Short IN of each clip corresponding to the search criteria by rotating the jog dial To be able to jog inside a clip disable the Browse mode by pressing on the BROWSE key and move the jog dial To return to the Browse mode inside the search results press the BROWSE key again Search results are reset when going by to Live mode or when a new search is performed If no matching clips are found a message notifies the operator Adding the Search Results to the Current Playlist It is possible to directly add all search results clips only to the current playlist Press ENTER on the selected clip
133. ion mode is to enable the use of a standard EVS Remote to control the hypermotion camera Though most commands are identical for such cameras the last part of this chapter lists some of the supported camera models along with their specific features 18 1 3 License Code The hypermotion mode is a software option which requires the installation of the license code 20 For more information on this required license key contact the Support or Sales team 18 1 4 Activating the Hypermotion Mode 178 To access the hypermotion mode you should ensure that e The mandatory license code is activated e The Hypermotion parameter is activated in the Operational Setup menu of the remote p 11 1 F1 or see also the Multicam Configuration manual e You have correctly selected the number of remotes in the main menu according to the Remote mode parameter defined in the Operational Setup menu of the remote p 11 1 F3 or see the Tech Ref Software manual Depending on the selected Remote mode you will control the hypermotion camera only or the hypermotion camera and a PGM of the server Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 18 2 Menus 18 2 1 Accessing and Leaving the Hypermotion Mode To access the hypermotion menu press SHIFT D HyperMo in your Remote perational menu To leave the hypermotion menu or switch to the PGM control press again SHIFT D in the operational menu
134. ion of the clip s Principles About Moving Clips When moving a clip using the Move function the reference to this clip in playlists will automatically be updated This is very useful when an operator wishes to re organize his clips across different pages and banks since playlists will not be affected If s he copies the clips and then deletes the originals instead of using the Move function the reference to the original clips will be removed from the playlists when deleting these clips Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D Settings on Copy Move Clips When you copy move a clip two settings are available to specify how the clip should be copied or moved Clip Mode Cam Mode Pressing the D key in the Copy Move LCD window allows the user to select a value for this setting e CLIP mode all camera angles of the clips will be copied moved e CAM mode only the camera angles of the clip loaded on the controlled channels will be copied moved Short Long Mode This option is only available for a network copy not for a local copy or for a move Pressing the C key in the Copy Move LCD window allows the user to select a value for this setting e SHORT mode only the material between the Short IN and Short OUT points of the original clip augmented by the duration of the guardbands defined on the destination system will be copied e LONG mode the entire original
135. ion of the pitch Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D ls 1 1 LSM LSM LSM LSM LSM LSM LSM LSM SLSM SLSM SLSM SLSM Initial Configuration Application Selection The Multicam Setup and Configuration modules are used for configuration and maintenance operations They are also used to select which application configuration to run since EVS disk recorders have the ability to run various configurations In the associated Multicam Setup and Configuration windows you can also specify the channel configuration you want to use and several audio and video parameters When turning on the EVS mainframe the first step is the PC boot sequence then the Multicam Setup window is displayed e f a default application has been previously selected this application will start automatically after a few seconds if no key is hit e f a default application hasn t been defined or if the space bar is hit the system will remain in the Multicam Setup window and wait for the operator s next command You will find complete information about the Multicam Setup and Configuration windows in the EVS Server Configuration manuals U SN 115896 LUY configuration lines Export configuration lines Assign server fdacility name Import export keyword files ECx gt port log files CO gt ptions codes management CH gt ardware check CROAID configuration Set CLOAN PC address Set date
136. ip C a Cue In4 If a CUE IN point has not been previously defined Multicam acts as in SW to IN OFF mode even if SW to IN ON is shown because the system has no reference to jump to Definition of Controlled and Primary Channels Important The notions of Primary Channel and Controlled Channel are very important and will be constantly referred to in this manual Controlled Channel A channel is controlled when the operator can control it with the jog dial In this case the words FULL CTRL are present on the top of the OSD of the output monitor of that channel Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 5 5 2 5 6 5 7 5 7 1 Primary Channel The primary channel is the first controlled channel It is identified by stars around its name on the OSD of the output monitor and on the LCD display of the Remote Panel ex PGM1 Examples e In 3PGM mode if the operator controls PGM2 and PGM3 the primary channel is PGM2 e In PGM PRV mode with PRV CTRL OFF the primary channel is PGM e In PGM PRV mode with PRV CTRL ON the primary channel is PRV Preference Mode PREF When this option is ON and a clip is recalled the preferred camera will be displayed on the main output even if another camera angle was previously loaded on that output The preferred camera is the one which was on the primary output channel when the clip was created
137. ip loaded on the primary channel CAM mode or to all camera angles of the clip CLIP mode Name The Name function is only available if a keyword file is selected in the Setup menu It is used to name a clip based on available keywords Refer to the chapter 10 Keyword Management on page 72 for more details When the Name function is selected pressing SHIFT C again will call the Search function Search The Search function is hidden behind the Name function Press SHIFT C again in Name mode to call it It allows the operator to search the database for clips based on keywords and ranking Please refer to Chapter 10 Keyword Management on page 72 for details Post Roll This function enables disables the Post Roll mode This mode is explained in details in the section PostRoll on page 28 49 Issue 11 01 D 9 2 9 50 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Clip Cam Pressing the D key will toggle between CAM and CLIP modes on the remote Please note that this mode on the remote and on the VGA screens is never synchronized In CAM mode the Push Archive Ranking assignment Keyword assignment and Name functions will apply only to the camera angles of the clip loaded on the controlled channels In CLIP mode these functions will apply on all camera angles of the clip How to Search for Clips by Timecode X Note The Reset function rese
138. is selected for the Swap audio tracks parameter value in the Operational Setup menu p 3 2 F4 the swap operates in a similar way but asks the operator which track to swap when setting the swap points Step 1 First the operator is being asked to select the original track e n 2 Track mode you select between the tracks 1 2 or MENU to cancel e n4 Track mode you select among the tracks 1 to 4 or MENU to cancel e In 8 Track mode you select among the tracks 1 to 8 or MENU to cancel e In 16 Track mode you select among the tracks 1 to 16 or MENU to cancel The tracks 1 8 are displayed on a 1 page and the tracks 9 16 are available via F10 on a 2 page The function keys are used to select the track to change Step 2 When the choice is made the operator selects by which track the selected one has to be replaced e n2 Track mode you select the new track between 1 2 or 0 e n4 Track mode you select the new track among 1 to 4 or 0 e In 8 Track mode you select the new track among 1 to 8 or 0 e In 16 Track mode you select the new track among 1 to 16 or 0 The tracks 1 8 are displayed ona 1 page and the tracks 9 16 are available via F10 on a gne page Several swap points can be set on the same timecode e g 1 gt 3 2 gt 4 XY Note Selecting track 0 will mute the output until the next swap point or the end of the clip 136 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipme
139. it allows the creation of clips on a server that has no Play channel How to Start Stop the Record Press ALT R to start or stop the record on the record channel assigned to the window No confirmation is required Important In LSM mode all recorders will be stopped at once to keep the synchronization between all record channels How to Create a Clip with the VDR Panel Recorder To create a clip with the VDR Panel Recorder proceed as follows 1 Press ALT I ALT O to mark a Short IN Short OUT point on the last recorded picture The timecode appears in the adjacent field and the cursor is automatically placed on that field to allow the operator to edit the timecode of the Short IN Short OUT point if desired Press ENTER to confirm or ESC to cancel 2 Repeat this operation for the complementary Short IN OUT point This is not mandatory If only a Short IN or a Short OUT point is marked the Default clip duration defined in the Operational Setup menu p 2 2 F2 will be used to define the missing point 3 Select from which record train s the clip s must be created press ALT the letter A B C D E F of a record train to select de select it Letters highlighted in RED means that a clip will be created from the corresponding record train letters highlighted in green means that the corresponding record train is available but will not be used to create a clip 4 Define the name of the clip before saving it pres
140. l Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 11 11 2 Copy Options When you copy a distant playlist from the VGA or a local distant playlist from the Remote Panel to the local EVS server you have different options EDL only or EDL Clips Copy e The EDL copy copies only the playlist definition and the playlist elements themselves remain at the original location e The EDL Clips copy copies the playlist definition and the playlist elements to the server on which the copy is requested Long or Short Copy When you copy the material of the playlist elements you can perform a long or short copy e The short copy copies the material between the IN and OUT points of the playlist elements with clip guardbands as defined on the destination system e The long copy copies the original clips not only the material defined as the playlist element This makes a difference when the playlist element has been trimmed compared to the original clip 11 11 3 Possible Copy Actions The following table provides an overview on the possible actions on the Remote Panel and on the VGA VGA Remote Panel Local PL Distant Distant Local PL Distant Distant to local PL to PL to to local or PL to PL to position local distant distant local distant position position position position position Copy EDL Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Copy No Yes No Yes Yes Yes EDL Short Clip copy Copy No Yes No Yes Yes Yes EDL Long Clip copy
141. l be described further in this chapter AWC CS action_4 action_5 action_ amp action_7 action_8 action_9 action_10 action_11 action_12 action_13 action_14 action_15 action_16 action_17 action_18 action_19 action_20 OFF AIR KEYWORD SCREEN player_Al co roall cu player_A2 player_A3 player_A4 player_AS player_A amp player_A player_A8 player_Ag player_A190 player_A11 player_A12 player_A13 player_A14 player_A15 player_A16 player_A1l player_A138 player_A19 player_A20 MODE CAM sample IDRATE player_B1 player_B2 player_B3 player_B4 player_BS player_B amp player_B player_Bs player_B9 player_B10 player_B11 player_B12 player_B13 player_B14 player_B15 player_B16 player_B1 player_B18 player_B13 player_B20 keywords 1 to 100 PgDn gt 101 to 200 Zi IPS F1 x xx xxx AL Select a local Keyword file from the Setup If you select SERVER as Keyword file in the setup i e the file distributed by the network server you will not be allowed to edit it Go to the Off Air Keyword Screen by pressing F7 on the keyboard If you want to create a backup copy of the current file press F5 SAVE AS in that screen or click on the function with the stylus and enter the name of the file you want to create This can also be used to create a local copy of the keywords file distributed by the Network Server Note a If a KWD file with the same name already exists in the KWD directory
142. lays the available functions Each function can be called by the corresponding F_ key of the keyboard or by clicking with stylus amp tablet on the corresponding area on this line F1 Name This function is used to name a clip For more information on how to name a clip in the VGA refer to the section 9 3 8 How to Name a Clip on page 60 F2 Clip Cam This function toggles between CLIP mode and CAM mode e In CLIP mode actions on a clip will use all available cameras for this clip e In CAM mode actions on a clip will only use the selected camera for this clip Other functions such as Name Delete Copy Set TC gt Archive depend on this mode selection F3 Call The operator can gain immediate access to a local or network clip by typing its ID number F4 Pref This option changes the primary camera of a clip For information on how to change the primary camera of a clip refer to the section 9 3 9 How to Change the Primary Camera of a Clip on page 60 F5 View This option changes the standard display to the extended display and vice versa Refer to the section 9 3 14 Clip Screen Extended View on page 65 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D F6 KW1 This option calls the On Air Keyword screen Refer to the Chapter 10 Keyword Management on page 72 for more details F7 KW2 This option calls the Off Air Keyword Scree
143. le inside a clip press ALT the letter of the desired camera A B C D E F or click on it Available camera angles are highlighted in green the current camera angle in red Playing Browsing the Current Element Command Description ALT P Play from Pause on the current picture ALT Y Play the current clip in endless loop mode The play will start from the current picture until the Short OUT point of the clip then will automatically loop back to the Short IN point and keep playing and so on ALT V PlayVar at the speed specified in the adjacent field To edit the Var speed press ALT without SHIFT key type the desired value and press ENTER to confirm lt gt without SHIFT Move 1 field backward forward key SHIFT lt gt Move 1 second backward forward CTRLt lt gt Fast Rewind Fast Forward The browsing will continue after the keys are released ALT lt gt Goto IN OUT ALT G Goto timecode How to Create a Clip with the VDR Panel Player To create a clip with the VDR Panel Player proceed as follows 1 Load a record train on the player 2 Browse the record train to reach the desired Short IN or Short OUT point and press ALT I ALT O to mark the Short IN Short OUT points on the current picture The cursor is automatically placed in the adjacent field so that the operator can manually enter the timecode of the desired Short IN OUT point if needed Press ENTER to confirm or ESC to
144. lights green the transfer is completed and the clip is available for playback from the local system Working with Mapped Network Cameras If you have activated the Authorize cam mapping parameter p 10 1 F1 and defined mapped network cameras p 10 1 in the Operational Setup menu of the Remote Panel you can use other network cameras as if there were local cameras The clipping on mapped cameras follows the same rule as for local cameras Clips created will be copied as local clips in the corresponding positions Two limitations must be noted in the mapped camera mode Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D e All cameras are delayed so that in Live mode all cameras are on the same timecode e Recalling local clips will not be instantly available the network copy of the remote cameras will occur before the clip can be recalled 157 Issue 11 01 D 14 14 1 158 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Paint Mode Introduction X Note The Paint mode is a software option which requires the license code 114 being installed For more information on the required license key contact the Support or Sales teams The Paint mode is not available on EVS servers working with 10 bit codecs The functionality of this software package can be operated using the tablet and the stylus or a touch screen
145. lip to IN PGMSpd ERT Records MICHE SMUNC IRV CAVES Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue 2 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 201 11 01 D The names of the remote systems are now displayed after the Page and Bank information and in the Title bar of the Clip screen TOTAL 1234 CLIP X Note It is possible from the VGA to connect back to the last machine connected by pressing ALT lt TAB gt 13 4 Operations When the remote system is selected the operation with remote clips or remote trains is similar to the operations on the local system 13 4 1 How to Recall Play Back a Remote Clip To recall play back a remote clip proceed as follows 1 2 Select the Clip mode in the Network menu Select the Remote LSM from the list The LCD display returns to the normal mode Select the clip page 1 2 3 to 10 PAGE key When selecting a server it will automatically reconnect to the page and bank that was last used Select the bank in which the desired clip is located Fl F9 e B B SHIFT Choose the required clip F1 F10 If all clips are present from Camera A B C and D they will appear in their respective locations Channel A B C or D The label of a remote clip is different in order to identify it easily among other clips Page Clip L d 112B 02 lt Remote LSM fof
146. lip screen select the clip to name in one of the following ways a Click on the clip with the stylus b Position the green arrows around the desired clip with the keyboard 2 Type in the desired name with the keyboard All characters available from the keyboard are accepted including blanks 3 Press F1 a In CAM mode only the camera where the cursor is located is named b In CLIP mode all cameras of the clip where the cursor is located are named The entry in the Name field is not cleared by pressing F1 and remains for future use Press lt BACKSPACE gt to delete the last character in the Name field or press ESC to clear the whole field Note To be able to name rename clips on a network machine the Clip edit by Network parameter in the Operational Setup menu P 5 1 F2 of the remote machine must be set to Yes If you are unable to name a network clip please check this setting on the remote machine How to Change the Primary Camera of a Clip To change the primary camera of a clip proceed as follows 1 Inthe Clip screen move the cursor to the desired camera 2 Press F4 on the keyboard or click with the stylus on the corresponding area in the Function bar This camera becomes the new primary camera If the selected camera is a secondary camera indicated by it becomes the primary camera and the previous primary camera becomes the secondary camera Multicam Version 11 01 Operating M
147. list press the SHIFT Network keys and select the F_ key corresponding to the server on which the playlist is located 2 Go to the requested page by pressing SHIFT PAGE the F_ key corresponding to the requested page 3 Go to the playlist bank of the page by pressing SHIFT F 10 4 Select the playlist as required press F1 F10 PAGE 1 contains Playlists 10 to 19 PAGE 2 contains 20 to 29 PAGE 3 contains 30 to 39 and so on 5 Press ENTER on the Remote Panel to confirm Via the VGA Clip Screen To set a current playlist via the VGA clip screen proceed as follows 1 From the clip screen press END to access the playlist bank 2 Press the down arrow until you select the playlist to define as the current playlist 3 Pressing ENTER on the selected playlist sets it to the current playlist 11 4 3 How to Recall and Load a Playlist You can only recall and load a playlist if this is not empty To load a playlist on a player channel proceed as follows 1 Access the desired playlist bank by pressing F10 from the requested page 2 Select the playlist to load with the F1 F10 keys The selected playlist becomes current and is displayed on the LCD display 3 Press PLST key on the Remote Panel to load the current playlist If the new playlist is not empty it is automatically loaded on the selected player channel in 3 PGM mode or on the PGM in PGM PRV mode and it becomes the current playlist If the new playlist is empty the syst
148. lt 16 51 29 15 66 62 14 166 66 16 66 66 66 62 14 611B REPLACE PL13 12 62 57 21 00 07 02 Unk 66 61 66 66 s 66 09 113B adl_i1_2 16 41 25 19 00 00 07 Unk 66 61 66 06 00 09 116A 11 15 12 18 66 61 61 Unk 66 16 66 66 00 10 117A 11 15 28 24 66 66 68 Unk 66 16 66 66 00 10 113B adl_i_2 10 41 20 00 66 66 61 Unk 66 16 66 66 66 16 118A 14 17 21 16 66 01 Unk 66 16 66 66 00 17 611C REPLACE PL13 14 21 36 18 66 65 62 Unk 66 61 66 66 66 22 118A 14 17 27 18 00 03 13 Unk 66 61 66 06 00 26 118A 14 17 21 66 69 21 Unk 66 16 66 66 00 35 119A 14 17 50 66 69 12 Unk SO CO 59 0 OL GO ND ee ee M M M M M M M M M M M MODE CAM Regeneration of TC Off continuous in PLST from 66 66 66 66 in HANC UITC 92 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D Display Depending on the Load Playlist Setting When the Load Playlist parameter is set to Conditional in the Operational Setup menu on the Remote Panel P3 3 F2 the information displayed on the VGA Playlist Screen will differ depending on whether a playlist is loaded on the PGM1 or not If a playlist is loaded on the PGM1 e All the information displayed on the Playlist Screen refers to the loaded playlist e The PLAY SKIP NEXT and RECUE commands are displayed on the blue highlighted section at the bottom of the page Regeneration of TC Off continuous in PLST from 66 66 066 606 in HANC VITC If no playlist
149. lticam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Playing Back a Clip Playback Speed Features You can play back a clip using several playback speed features explained above in this user manual This section summarizes the various playback speed features and refers to more detailed sections on these features e Playback of a clip at the default playback speed using the PLAY key e Playback of a clip at a speed varying from 0 to 100 using the lever in a basic way e Playback of a clip at a speed varying from 0 to a maximum speed defined in the PGM Speed Var max parameter p 9 1 F3 in the Operational Setup menu on the Remote Panel To use this feature you need to activate the VarMax option available from the secondary menu in PGM PRV mode For more information refer to the section PgmSpd VarMax on page 28 e Playback of a clip at a given predefined speed defined in the PGM Speed Var max parameter p 9 1 F3 in the Operational Setup menu on the Remote Panel To use this feature you need to activate the PgmSpd option available from the secondary menu in PGM PRV mode For more information refer to the section PgmSpd VarMay on page 28 How to Play Back a Clip To play back a clip proceed as follows 1 Store a clip 2 Recall the defined clip which will be played the corresponding F_ key lights red 3 Press the PLAY key or use the lever to start playing back the clip Recall
150. main menu in the Playlist Edit mode All commands are not always available in the secondary menu Clie Umeny OtherAng Sjollilte Replace MakeLoc Redo Undo In Playlist Edit mode the duration displayed in the top right corner of the LCD screen is the playlist total duration from the beginning to the end For more details on the main and secondary menus of the Playlist Edit mode refer to the section 11 9 Overview of Editing Functions in Playlist Edit Mode on page 101 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 11 2 3 Accessing the Playlist Playout Mode 11 3 11 3 1 When you load a playlist pressing the PLST key on the Remote Panel you need to press PLST a second time to enter the Playlist Playout mode The first frame of the playlist element following the one on the PGM will be displayed on the PRV side This allows the operator to play only parts of the playlist starting from the current position The menu available from the Playlist Playout mode on the Remote Panel display is the following Ziel CTRL FilmFX NEXT SKTE EDIT Note A third selection of the PLST button cues the playlist to the beginning displaying the first playlist element on the PGM side and the following clip on the PRV For more details on the Playlist Playout mode refer to the section 11 8 3 Functi
151. mand on hypermotion cameras With a single block memory press Mark to mark a cue point on the current block You can mark up to 255 cue points on a memory block This function is not available on all cameras with multiple block memory 181 Issue 11 01 D 182 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Last Cue This key corresponds to the search command on hypermotion cameras If cue points have been defined press Last Cue to go to the previous cue point of the current memory block x Note If no cue points have been defined the Last Cue button behavior depends on the camera model RECORD This key corresponds to the ARM or REC commands on hypermotion cameras When you press RECORD for the first time all the A V material recorded in the memory block s of the camera is deleted Please refer to the camera models specific features at the end of this chapter for more information about the behavior of your camera when pressing the RECORD key on a recording memory block TAKE This key corresponds to the Trig Stop Rec command on hypermotion cameras With a single block memory or when the last block is reached press TAKE to stop the recording With a multiple block memory press TAKE to stop the record on the current block and automatically start the record on the first free block if available Lever There is no corresponding comma
152. manual LCD Display The same information as in the Timeline Edit mode is displayed on the Remote Panel TL13 lt NAME gt me L OO s 00 0000 woe 112 01 04 00 00 25 11 15515511 als 1135 02 04 00 07 13 1115 10 08 AZ VIS 02 04 00 07 19 11 15 10208 The ABCD Soft keys on the Remote Panel are as follows Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 12 6 12 6 1 Video Audio 1 Audio 2 Edit The user can press the D key to access the Timeline Edit mode or press the PLST key Editing Operations The timeline editing operations on the remote require marking IN and OUT points on the recorder before performing the extend or insert actions These IN and OUT points can be marked anywhere on the timeline as in the Replace mode since the timeline is equivalent to a record train Extend Overwrite The Extend feature in Multicam consists in extending the length of a timeline element by extending the IN or OUT points of a clip as explained below as long as the material is available If the required material is not available the Remote Panel will beep The Extend is always performed in Overwrite mode which means that the material covered by the Extend is deleted from the timeline Extend From IN This editing action shifts the OUT point of the timeline element which includes the Mark IN to the defined Mark OUT Th
153. matically placed in the adjacent field so that the operator can manually enter the timecode of the desired Short IN Short OUT point if needed Press ENTER to confirm or ESC to cancel How to Copy a Clip with the VDR Panel Player To copy a clip with the VDR Panel Player proceed as follows 1 Load the original clip 2 Press ALT S to save the current clip to another location This will create a copy of the clip The operator has the opportunity to rename the clip during this operation He can then save the clip to the current cursor location by pressing ENTER or to the first available clip location on the current server by pressing ALT U AS Note The Cut Copy Paste functions are available at any time to move and copy clips in the lower section of the VDR Panel even when one of the upper windows is active 1 The first available clip location is the first one where no camera angle is already present 69 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 9 4 4 VDR Panel Recorder WINDOW Time code ofthe current Remaining capacity of the current record record channel CamA 18 yards L REC ON CAP List of available MARK IN OUT record channels green and channels CLIP NAME ABCDEF used for clips NEW TC IN MAA creation red The VDR Panel Recorder can be used to start stop the record and to create clips from the local record trains For example
154. meline 12 2 1 How to Create a Timeline from a playlist from the Remote Panel To transform a playlist to a timeline with the Remote Panel proceed as follows 1 Select the playlist you want to convert 2 Press an empty playlist position 3 Select the CopyToTL option B on the Remote to copy the playlist to a timeline on the selected empty position 4 Press ENTER on the Remote to confirm the CopyToTL The playlist is converted into a timeline at the playlist position you selected 12 2 2 How to Create a Timeline from a playlist from the VGA To transform a playlist to a timeline in the VGA proceed as follows 1 Select the playlist you want to convert 2 Press CTRL C on the keyboard to copy it 3 Paste it into an empty playlist position using the CTRL T keys rather than CTRL V The timeline appears on the Remote as TL for timeline rather than PL for playlists On the Clip screen they appear with a blue background similar to the protected clip identifier All audio tracks in the playlist are placed on the timeline as follows e Each timeline has two audio edit tracks containing each single audio e Independently from the audio configuration the first audio input is edited on the first audio track the second input on the second audio track e The Mono per group parameter in the Operational Setup menu p 4 1 F1 can be used to set how many audio mono tracks can be used for each edit track 143 Issu
155. mode operates very similarly to the 2PGM mode except that the two outputs are now left and right parts of the screen vertical split screen or top and bottom part of the screen horizontal split screen or mixed together on the entire screen Split Mix mode The Split mode also allows for DVE like adjustment of the video within the split effect for optimum positioning of the material Note ie The horizontal Split Screen mode is not available in HD Supermotion 3x in DVCPro HD and MPEG 2 i frame 1080i 17 1 1 Vertical Split PGM1 CAM A PEM2Z 4 CAM B Aud Met PgmSpd Soma EC PostRoll O Search Bail Beil osi LOCAL Recowelss IOCAL mi Wie lt Msg V Split Swap Sync Left Ih amp Press the SHIFT key D to switch between normal and special commands V Split Swap Swine lt Lf gt lt Rg gt lt WP gt Command Description LEFT To control the left part of the monitor RIGHT To control the right part of the monitor L amp R To control both sides together SHIFT Access Exit special commands E ELF gt To centre the left picture ERG gt To centre the right picture EWP gt To move the separation line 174 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D V SPLIT Toggles between horizontal and vertical Split screen menus H SPLIT SWAP To swap sources from both si
156. n Refer to the Chapter 10 Keyword Management on page 72 for more details SHIFT F7 Delay This function calls the Video Delay VGA screen Refer to the Chapter 8 Video Delay on page 36 F8 Search This option calls the VGA Search Screen Refer to the Chapter 10 Keyword Management on page 72 for more details SHIFT F8 Net This option switches to the Network Status Screen and allows monitoring the status of the different machines connected on the network SDTI 0x00 Status of SDTI Network v 02 03 13 ftware Ac oe Hardware Status Connection State Hardware Config 0000001234 j 6000001004 0000001005 4 0000001230 0000001592 d m Presence m Connecting Connected Notified Disconnecting F9 Connect This option calls the CONNECT window This window allows the operator to connect to the clips and record trains of other machines on the network 55 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Select a Server on SportNet jlr Tifa i xmtpcO2 Local T8 mntpcO3 19 mtpc 4 2an mtpc 5 21 22 23 24 29 26 2t 28 23 sous silt z Pen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 LOCAL CLIPS RECORD CLIP REC The following functions can be used in the CONNECT window ALT L return to LOCAL mode and close the CONNECT window ALT C CLIPS mode to connect to the clips of a remote machine
157. n no longer be used to recall clips For a description of the keyword related functions please refer to the Keyword Management Section of this manual The ID of the current clip appears on the end of line 3 of the LCD display Push Push uzx Clip Post Roll Introduction The Push function allows you to easily send a copy of a clip to another machine on the network either via the GigE network or the SDTI network Principle e f one or two default targets push machines are defined in the setup the clip will be automatically sent to these machines e f no default target is defined the list of machines available on the network will appear As soon as the operator selects one of them the clip is pushed Depending on the push settings defined the default targets or the list of possible targets submitted to you will contain EVS servers on the SDTI network and or EVS servers on the GigE network 47 Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 For more information about the Push settings refer to the Operational Setup menu on the Remote Panel page 7 1 In both cases a message appears for a few seconds on the LCD to confirm that the clip is being pushed and indicate the clip location where it will be stored on the receiving machine If the Receive Page s defined on the destination machine is are full the operator who tries pushing the clip is n
158. n or in the VDR Panel even if this clip is not loaded on any play channel This can be useful to allow someone to assist the main operator for logging operations without taking any play channel from the system The operation of both On Air and Off Air Keyword screens is entirely similar ON AIR KEYWORD SCREEN sample keywords 1 to 100 PgDn gt 101 to 200 21 iLL BUA FIL rFiv n_ player_Al player_B1 action_2 player_A2 player_B2 action_3 player_A3 player_B3 action_4 player_A4 player_B4 action_5 player_AS player_B5 action_ amp player_A amp player_B amp action_ player_A7 Bplayer_B action_8 player_A8 player_B8 action_39 player_Ag player_B9 action_10 player_A10 player_B10 action_11 player_All player_B11 action_12 player_A12 player_B12 action_13 player_A13 player_B13 action_14 player_A14 player_B14 action_15 player_A15 player_B15 action_16 player_A16 player_B16 action_17 player_A17 player_B17 action_18 player_A18 player_B18 action_19 player_A19 player_B19 action_20 40 player_A2O player_B20 MODE CAM ALT P 8 gt ALT R CUE A assault x x xxx A gt ARCHIVE Al action_1 player_A4 player_B7 The name of the current keyword file is displayed in the centre of the Title Bar against a red background Many functions for clip management are similar to the Clip screen F1 NAME F2 CLIP CAM F3 CALL ALT P PLAY PAUSE ALT R RECUE ALT T SET TC ALT Z gt ARCHIVE ALT Fx select the Call Channel from VGA is enabled Refer to the descrip
159. nd on hypermotion cameras Press the Lever key to shift to the secondary lever range defined in the 2ndLever parameter in the hypermotion secondary menu for material played out using the hypermotion feature CAM Keys Press a CAM key corresponding to a recorded block to load the last recorded frame of the selected block in play mode If you press a CAM key corresponding to an empty block the remote beeps Q Note A Depending on the camera model these keys may expose additional behavior Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 18 3 3 CLEAR X Note The CLEAR button is only active on some cameras Press the CLEAR key to clear the recorded material on a block It can be used in the following ways e To clear the record on a given block that is not in PLAY mode press CLEAR and the CAM key corresponding to the requested block e To clear the record on a block when the block is in PLAY mode press CLEAR The PLAY is stopped the recorded material is deleted from the block and the camera automatically starts recording again in this block if it is not recording on any other block yet ENTER x Note The ENTER button is only active on some cameras Press the ENTER key to lock a memory block to prevent it being replaced Creating a Clip from a Hypermotion Camera When the camera is replaying its content into the EVS server you can clip it au
160. nd to the camera e CLEAR this key has no effect e Last Cue o In one block mode if no cue points have been defined pressing this key will stop the recording o In two blocks mode the camera switches to VIEW mode and displays in live o Ona block in play mode when no cue point is defined this key has no effect e CAM keys o In one block mode if the block is recording the CAM key stops the record and loads the last frame o In one block mode if the block is playing the CAM key freezes the current frame Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D o The CAM key selecting a recorded block while another is recording or playing stops the current play or record action and loads the block last frame frame first selection or the last displayed frame further selections o The CAM key selecting an empty block stops the current play or record action and displays the live flow Cue points management e When anew ARM REC command is issued on a block all its cue points are cleared e If the Last Cue command cannot access the desired TC pre roll the player remains on the current cue point Pre roll is available and there is no remote beep e If the Last Cue command refers to a TC that does not exist anymore the player remains on the last cue point Pre roll is available and there is no remote beep e Cue points can not be marked when working on several memory bl
161. nfirm The playlist is copied to the requested location 11 11 6 Copying Playlists with On Air Clips Seamless Process Long or short copies of a playlist are performed as a background process which is seamless to the user If the destination playlist is recalled and the on air playlist element has not yet been transferred to the local machine the on air element played out is the original one The on air element will be automatically copied locally when the playlist will be removed from the playout channel Impossibility to Queue Copy Processes COPY PLST CLIPS processes cannot be queued If the operator tries starting a new COPY PLST CLIPS process while the previous one is still running a message will ask him whether he wants to stop the previous process to start the new one or cancel his new request 11 12 Adding Cut in Playlist Elements 11 12 1 Introduction 112 The Add cut command duplicates a playlist element clip record train and adjusts the short in and short out points of these new duplicated elements On both these elements the guardbands and other effects are kept unchanged as in the original one In the first duplicated element the short in point is left unchanged while the short out point is adjusted to the cut point In the second duplicated element the short out point is left unchanged while the short in point is adjusted to the cut point as illustrated hereunder Multicam Version 11 01 Operatin
162. ng Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 16 2 How to Mark an Offside Line To mark an offside line on a clip or record train proceed as follows 1 Load the clip or train on the PGM1 and jog to the position where the offside line should be marked 2 Press SHIFT D to access the offside line menu SHIFT SIDE REDO UNDO The SHIFT function is active by default 3 Jog to position the line horizontally with the SHIFT function active 4 Press the A key to toggle from the SHIFT to the TILT function Jog to tilt the line to the requested angle with the TILT function active If desired you can move the position of the pivot point used to set the inclination of the line 6 From step 3 to step 5 you can redefine the frame at any time by pressing PRV CTL and jogging to the requested frame Click again PRV CTL to continue to edit the offside sequence Once the 1 line is set press TAKE to fix it If desired you can then jog to move the pivot point and press TAKE a second time Then you can jog to break the line and change its inclination from the pivot point You can repeat this step several times to precisely delimit an offside zone on the pitch 9 At any time you can do one of the following e Press the B key Side to change the side of the shaded area for the offside zone along the offside line By default this is defined on the left of the offside line e Press the S
163. ng the new material to insert Place an IN and or OUT mark in the clip ONO When the three IN and or OUT marks have been defined on the timeline and the clip press INSERT or TAKE on the Remote Panel to execute the Insert A portion of the clip selected on the player has been inserted e between the IN and OUT marks defined in the timeline e after the IN mark defined in the timeline e before the OUT mark defined in the timeline 149 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 12 6 3 How to Add a Clip to a Timeline From the Remote Panel you can add a clip at the end of a timeline created either with IPEdit or with Multicam To add a clip to a timeline proceed as follows 1 Recall the requested timeline by selecting its page SHIFT Page F_ key and bank SHIFT F10 and the timeline position F_ key This becomes the current timeline 2 Recall the clip to insert at the end of the timeline by selecting its page bank and position 3 Press the ENTER key on the Remote Panel The clip is inserted at the end of the timeline 150 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Issue 11 01 D 13 Operating on XNet Network 13 1 Introduction The XNet Network is set up in the EVS application For more information on how to set up the XNet Network and connect to the XNet network refer to the section XNet
164. nking is highlighted in green Press the lt TAB gt key again to move the cursor back to the keywords list Keywords This restricts the search to the clips containing all keywords defined in this screen To assign a keyword move the cursor to the desired keyword and press ENTER or click on the keyword using the stylus A maximum of 3 keywords can be used as search criteria If all 3 keyword locations are already occupied the operator needs to clear some of them to select new keywords Archive status This restricts the search to the clips having the archive status selected Parameter On the VGA None default clips not archived X clips to be archived gt A clips archived A 80 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 10 3 3 Search Options In addition to the Search Criteria available at the bottom of the screen two search options are accessible from the Function keys F2 and F4 Consider Record Trains and or Clips in the Search This option allows the inclusion of record trains in the results in searches with timecode criteria Press F2 to toggle between CLIP CLIP REC REC Consider Timecodes from the LTC and or USER TC Tables in the Search This option allows to take into account the timecodes from the LTC and or the USER TC tables in searches with timecode criteria Press F4 to toggle between LTC USER LTC USER Clearing Keywords in
165. nnel EVS Remote Panel or external protocol A command sent from the Clip screen to a channel will overwrite whatever the channel was doing at that time 9 3 1 Clip screen Standard View CLIP 02 mtpc02 Loc REC 04 mtpc04 TOT 0110 CLP 02h17m0G REM 02h40m54 Zi F1 NAME F2 CAM F3 CALL F4 PREF F5 UIEW FG KW1 F7 KW2 F8 SRCH F9 CONNCT F10 PLST 111 112C 113C 114C 115C CUT CTEEC BANK gt 1 lt The navigation through the Clip screen and the various functions available on this screen can be performed using the tablet and stylus or the keyboard shortcuts 9 3 2 The Title Bar Loc REC 04 mt TOT 0110 CLP 02h17m06 REM 02h40m54 Zi The Title bar contains the status information e Number and name of the server currently selected for clips and for record trains The name is blinking red if it is a network machine e Total number of clips i e protects 1 camera angle counting for 1 clip in this count e Total duration of all clips e Remaining capacity on the server all record trains together valid for local server only 53 Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 XY Note The abbreviated word Loc appears next to the name if the local machine is currently selected for clips and or for record trains The clips displayed in the clip screen belong to this machine 9 3 3 The Function Bar 54 The second line disp
166. nsferred when entering that bank If you are already connected to a remote playlist bank you need to press SHIFT F10 again to refresh the playlist information for this bank 89 Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 2 Playlist Modes on the Remote Panel 11 2 1 Introduction Two modes are available on the Remote Panel to access and manipulate the playlists The Playlist Edit mode and the Playlist Playout mode e The Playlist Edit mode is used to modify the playlist e The Playlist Playout mode is used to roll the playlist on air Editing the playlist in Playlist Playout mode is not possible 11 2 2 Accessing the Playlist Edit Mode 90 Access When you load a playlist pressing the PLST key on the Remote Panel you directly enter the Playlist Edit mode The first frame of the element highlighted in the playlist appears on the PGM At the start full control will be on the PGM side scrolling through the playlist can be done here From the Playlist Playout mode you need to press the EDIT function D button or move the jog dial to return to the Playlist Edition mode from where you can edit the playlist Overview The main menu in the Playlist Edit mode available on the Remote Panel display is the following Insert Speed FX Dur Delete Effect Edit All A secondary menu is also available when you select MENU from the
167. nt SA November 2012 17 1 2 Horizontal Split PGM1 CAM A PGM2 CAM B Aud Met PgmSpd Sorc S0Ce PostRoll Search Bd B 1 Clips LOCAL Records LOCAL Pi iis lt Swap Bottom Press the SHIFT key D to switch between normal and special commands All commands are similar to the Horizontal Split Screen commands Operator control Timecode PGM1 CTRL _00 00 00 00 CamA 100 lt Speed er s oii 7 P CTRL b aA Camera currently shown 176 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 17 1 3 Split MIX PGM1 CAM A PGM2 CAM B Aud Met PgmSpd SOmear he PostRoll Search Pol Boil Clijoss LOCAL RS Cords kE MOCAL Pi lis lt Msg SplitMix Swap Left 050 0503 This mode works similar to the H and V Split modes except that there is no position adjustment since both pictures are shown full frame The D key allows the operator to adjust the mix percentage between the two sources Press the D key to highlight the function then move the lever to adjust the mix level between the two sources 17 1 4 Auto tracking mode The Auto tracking mode applies only to the Vertical Split mode and allows to adjust the horizontal position of a sequence to make sure it is as close as possible to the centre of the left right part of the screen To
168. nt SA November 2012 11 01 D 11 17 5 Deleting Swap Points When the operator is on a swap point pressing CLEAR IN OUT deletes the current swap point All swap points for that timecode are deleted When the operator is not on a swap point pressing CLEAR IN OUT brings up a confirmation message to delete all swap points for the current clip 11 17 6 Navigating Among Swap Points When the operator is in Swap mode the previous swap point can be reached by pressing the Go to In button on the Remote The next swap point is reached by pressing the Go to Out button The function works in loop mode 11 18 Replace Function 11 18 1 Introduction The purpose of the Replace function is to automate a routine used by operators to create effects in a playlist the operator would loop a section or an entire playlist back to themselves and during the playback add some effects externally graphic insertion for instance or internally changing the speed While the operator would play the playlist back and insert the requested effects the playback result would be re injected into the playlist from a predefined IN frame The OUT point of the replaced section would be predefined or manually defined in the record process Note The Replace function is not allowed on playlists containing growing clips 11 18 2 Entering the Replace Function A secondary menu with the Replace function has been added to the Playlist Edit mode Pressing MENU
169. ntrolled channels CAM mode or to all camera angles of the clip CLIP mode If the Keyword info parameter of the Operational Setup menu p 1 1 F2 is set to Yes the ranking will appear on the OSD of the output monitors when cueing up the clip The EVS Xfile is a 2U device with 2 removable hard drives that can be connected to the XNet SDTI network Clips can be archived to restored from the removable media 48 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D Sort gt TC The Sort gt TC function allows the operator to search the database for all clips or trains containing a specific timecode Press SHIFT C again in Set TC mode to call it When calling this function the timecode of the current picture is used as a default selection The operator can immediately perform the search or he can edit that timecode before starting the search For more information on how to search for clips by timecode refer to the section 9 2 9 How to Search for Clips by Timecode on page 50 Set TC The Set TC function is only available in SHIFT B on the Sort gt TC menu It allows the operator to restripe the timecode of a clip This function is explained in details in the section 9 3 12 How to Restripe the Timecode of the Current Clip on page 62 Depending on the mode selected with the D key CLIP CAM the new timecode value is assigned only to the camera angle of the cl
170. o To go through cue points of another block select that block first then press Last Cue On OSD the first information displayed in white refers to the cue points on the playing block while the second information displayed in red refers to the recording block Additionally the play speed is displayed in on the OSD 18 5 5 For A VFC 7000 Camera Application Start At application start the recording starts on the first memory block Configuration Parameter Values Port Ethernet Protocol UDP The PGMSpeed parameter value 1000 is not available Last Cue values when Cues is Off 50 100 200 400 800 1600 Key Behavior PLAY this key initiates a replay from the first available frame on the current memory block TAKE this key is operational in ARM mode RECORD the remote beeps if the CAM key refers to an empty block RECORD pressing this key while the current block is recording clears all memory blocks and starts recording on the first one CLEAR press this key to delete the current memory block data Last Cue If no cue points have been defined pressing this key will stop the recording and go back to the first recorded frame of the current memory block 193 Issue 11 01 D 194 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Cue points management NOTE the cue points are only operational when all memory blocks have been recorded once When a new AR
171. o regenerate the timecode in a given playlist proceed as follows 1 Activate the TC Regeneration and define the related settings on the Playlist page F10 in the blue highlighted area at the bottom of the page This feature is defined for each playlist individually egeneration of TC Off continuous in PLST from 66 66 66 66 in HANC VITC 116 2 Activate the internal loop using the SHIFT LOOP keys 3 Roll the playlist This will record the playlist back into the recorder channel 1 CAM A with the regenerated timecode Activating the Continuous Timecode Regeneration To activate the continuous timecode regeneration proceed as follows 1 In the Playlist page F10 press lt TAB gt several times until the ON OFF field after Regeneration of TC is green highlighted 2 Press the right arrow key to toggle the function to ON The continuous timecode regeneration function is now active However the timecode will effectively be regenerated when you replay the playlist after activating a loop To deactivate the function press the left arrow on the field to toggle the function to OFF Settings for Continuous Timecode in Playlists The following table describes the various parameters that should be defined when regenerating the timecode in a playlist Parameter Description Possible Values Continuous in Specifies whether the timecode should PLST CLIP be continuous for the whole playlist or for each playlis
172. o replace The trains are loaded on the PRV channel at the current TC of the loaded element The jog is used to shift from one record train to the other Once the requested record train is displayed on the PRV channel pressing ENTER replaces the current playlist element by the one created from the selected angle See also the section 11 10 9 How to Change the Camera Angle of a Playlist Element on page 108 Add cut The Add cut function SHIFT D key allows the operator to split an existing clip into two independent clips at a selected point Both resulting clips are duplicates of the original one with additional short in and short out points added at the split point For more information refer to the section 11 12 Adding Cut in Playlist Elements on page 112 103 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 10 Adding amp Replacing Clips in a Playlist 11 10 1 Possible Methods for Adding Clips You can add clips to a playlist in different ways e Adding clips at the end of the current playlist without entering the Playlist Edit mode See the section 11 10 3 How to Quickly Add Clips to the Current Playlist on page 104 e Inserting clips before or after the clip selected in the loaded playlist See the section 11 10 4 How to Insert Clips into a Playlist on page 105 e Adding one or more clips returned by a search at the end of the current
173. ocal playlist from the VGA Clip Screen proceed as follows 1 From the VGA Clip Screen open the playlist bank by pressing END on the keyboard 2 Select the playlist to copy and press CTRL C 3 Go to the empty playlist location on the same server where you want to copy the playlist and press CTRL V The EDL of the playlist is copied to the requested location How to Copy a Distant Playlist To copy a distant playlist from the VGA Clip Screen proceed as follows 1 From the VGA Clip Screen press F9 to open the Connect window 2 With the and f keys select the distant server from which you want to copy a playlist and press ENTER On the requested page go to playlist bank by pressing END on the keyboard Select the original playlist to copy with the and keys and click CTRL C Press F9 select the local server and ENTER to come back to the local server Dae amp On the requested playlist bank select an empty playlist location on your local machine and press CTRL V to copy the playlist The following dialog box pops up 111 Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Copy Pilayllisic x sex CO Yo Select Copy Playlist Mode Space Bar Playlist Only Playlist with Clips Short Mode Playlist with Clips Long Mode BSG Caneel Himtewe Comit iem 7 Select the requested copy option pressing the space bar 8 Press ENTER to co
174. ocks 189 Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 18 5 2 NAC Camera Hi Motion II 190 Application Start At application start this camera is in ARM mode and the recording starts on the first memory block Configuration Parameter Values e Port RS422 e Protocol Sony 9 PIN e The PGMSpeed parameter value 1000 is available e Last Cue values when Cues is Off 50 100 200 300 400 600 1200 1600 Key Behavior e PLAY this key initiates a replay on the current memory block The replay position can be set on the camera beginning end specific position in the block e TAKE this key is operational in ARM mode In loop mode once the last block is used the recording starts again on the first block e RECORD the remote beeps if the CAM key refers to an empty block e RECORD pressing this key while the current block is recording does not send any command to the camera e ENTER press this key together with a CAM key to lock the corresponding memory block o If the corresponding block is empty the remote beeps o You cannot lock a recording block e Last Cue If no cue points have been defined pressing this key will stop the recording and go back to the first recorded frame of the current memory block e CAM keys o Selecting a block for the first time loads the block at the frame specified in the camera menu You can then brwse throug
175. oggle is enabled in the Setup menu pressing several times on the same F_ key will call successively all camera angles of that clip The clip numbering system is as follows Example Clip 547 where e 5d refers to the clip page number 1 to 10 e 4 refers to the clip bank 1 to 9 e 7 refers to the clip number 1 to 10 inside the bank Note To identify remote clips when using the XNet SDTI network the number of the clip is followed by the number of the machine on the network i e Clip 547B 04 SHIFT F10 playlist BANK This combination of keys gives access to the playlists banks There are 10 playlists within each clip page Selecting F1 F10 at this point calls up the corresponding playlist Example Playlist 51 where e D refers to the clip page e 1 refers to the playlist number 1 to 10 Note e The playlist bank of page 10 is not available from the EVS remote since it is actually reserved for the EVS AVSP protocol for Air Box and Air Edit e To identify remote playlists when using the XNet SDTI network the number of the playlist is followed by the number of the machine on the network i e Playlist 51 04 21 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 4 3 Clip Numbering Hierarchy Multicam can store up to 900 multiplied by the number of cameras clips and 100 playlists in its libraries 900 clips with up to
176. ons Available on the Remote in Playlist Playout Mode on page 100 Playlist Display on the VGA VGA Playlist Bank Screen Pressing END on the keyboard when the Clip screen is displayed allows the users to access the VGA Playlist Bank screen on the given page This gives an overview on the playlists and timelines stored on the bank 91 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 For each playlist the following information is displayed Field Description Playlist ID Unique identifier of the playlist on the server Ex PL16 Playlist Name Name of the playlist It cannot exceed 12 characters Ex game edit X clips Number of available clips in the playlist unavailable network clips are not taken into account Ex 98 clips Dur Total playback duration with available clips Ex 00 04 34 12 Aux Clip Aux Clip ID and name of the audio auxiliary clip 11 3 2 VGA Playlist Screen Introduction Pressing F10 on the keyboard calls the VGA Playlist screen The Playlist screen displays information on the clips included in the current or loaded playlist Several transport functions are available from this screen For more information refer to section 11 8 2 Functions Available from the VGA Playlist Screen on page 99 CLIP 2 Server 2 Local gt 11 CLIPS AUX NONE Zi Clip Name T C IN Duration Spd VideoFx Split Cur Dur 114A ad _2_1
177. option which requires the license code 114 being installed For more information on the required license key contact the Support or Sales teams The internal Offside Line mode is not available on EVS servers working with 10 bit codecs The internal Offside Line mode makes it possible to make the offside line visible on the screen by shading a portion of the pitch You can use this feature on clips or trains loaded on the PGM1 This effect can then be recorded in the loop of the server and reinserted in the feed of a recorder channel The external Offside Line mode offers a more advanced offside line feature as well as other live tools when the EVS server is used in combination with the Epsio application For more information refer to the Epsio user manual 16 1 2 Activating the Offside Line Mode To activate the Offside Line mode you need to set as follows the parameters in the Operational Setup menu on the Remote Panel The Offside Line parameter p 12 3 F1 has to be set to Yes The External Offside parameter p 12 3 F2 has to be set to No When you activate the offside line you can no longer use a second controller 16 1 3 Accessing the Offside Line Mode When the offside line mode is active the Offside Line option is available from the operational menu in the PGM PRV or Multi PGM mode Sync Prv OFFSIDE Cam A Cam B You access this mode by pressing the SHIFT D key 169 Issue Multi
178. or on a PGM the playlist timeline remains the current playlist on the Remote Panel when the operator takes back the PGM control When several playlists timelines have been controlled by IPDirector on several PGMs and the operator takes back the PGM control the current playlist timeline on the Remote Panel is the one that was the current playlist when the control was given away in other words the current playlist timeline does not change When the playlist timeline controlled by IPDirector is not visible by the Remote Panel the current playlist timeline on the Remote Panel is the one that was the current playlist when the control was given away in other words the current playlist timeline does not change Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 6 PGM PRV Mode 6 1 1PGM PRV Press A from MAIN MENU PGM1 CAM A PRV1 CAM B Aud Met PgmSpd Sorce SLC PostRoll Search Podl B 1 Clips LOCAL Records LOCAL Pi ie lt Msg Rst Cam Syne Pry Are CTRL Cam B Cam C Cam D At least 2 playback channels must be available to run this configuration This mode allows the operator to make replays with or without transition effects between all outputs A string of replays can be put together and played back at the operator s discretion The LCD display is divided in two menus controlled by soft keys A B C D To gain access to
179. ote Panel and the black background on the LCD display 145 Issue 11 01 D 12 5 12 5 1 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 show on which track s the Insert and Extend actions will be carried out In other words if video only is selected when users do an insert only the video will be inserted Timeline Playout Mode Accessing the Timeline Playout Mode When you load a timeline pressing the PLST key on the Remote Panel you need to press PLST a second time to enter the Timeline playout mode The first frame of the timeline element following the one on the PGM will be displayed on the PRV side X Note A third selection of the PLST button cues the timeline to the beginning displaying the first timeline element on the PGM side and the following clip on the PRV 12 5 2 OSD Display The following information is displayed on the OSD when the timeline is loaded in Timeline Playout mode Timeline TL location __ Pom1 TIMELINE _ Remaining time TL13 REM 00 12 16 00 to end of TL TL control 10 00 02 18 track TC 11 15 15 11 00 00 05 lt Remaining time TL element TC a to end of element 12 5 3 146 Additional elements can be displayed on the OSD for timelines created with IPEdit For more information on the OSD display with these timelines refer to the IPEdit user
180. other users on the network For each system on the network the operator can choose to work with the file coming from the network server set the Keyword file parameter to SERVER or with a local file X Note In a normal situation the network server is the machine that has been defined as such in the EVS Configuration menu However if for any reason the network has been interrupted or the machine designated as the network server is not available another machine on the network the Master machine with the highest serial number will automatically take over this job including the distribution of the Keyword file Even if the original network server reconnects it will not necessarily become the actual network server again The machine that actually assumes the role of network server can easily be identified from the Connect window on the VGA or from the Network menu on the EVS Remote Panel thanks to the displayed next to its name That machine only has the ability to distribute its current Keyword file to the others on the SDTI network Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Issue 11 01 D 10 1 3 Editing the Keyword File from the Multicam Application The Keyword file can also be edited directly in the Multicam application using the Off Air Keyword screen F7 This screen is also used to assign keywords to a clip but the keyword assignment functions wil
181. otified While this message is being displayed the operator can press the MENU key at any time to return to the normal menu Depending on the CAM CLIP mode selected by the D key only the camera angles loaded on the controlled channels are pushed CAM mode or all camera angles of the clip are pushed at once CLIP mode gt Archive The Archive function allows the operator to flag a clip to place it in the archive queue of the XFile defined in the Operational Setup menu p 7 1 F3 This function is blinking when the clip is flagged for archiving but has not yet been archived It is permanently highlighted when the archiving of the clip is completed Depending on the mode selected with the D key CLIP CAM the gt ARCHIVE flag is assigned only to the camera angles of the clip loaded on the controlled channels CAM mode or to all camera angles of the clip CLIP mode Aux Clip This function allows assigning a clip as auxiliary audio clip to the current playlist Press CLEAR Aux Clip CLEAR SHIFT B to remove the current auxiliary clip Refer to the chapter 11 Playlist Management on page 89 for more details Ranking The Ranking function allows assigning a ranking to the current clip Pressing several times this key will scroll through the different values 0 not highlighted Depending on the mode selected with the D key CLIP CAM this ranking is assigned only to the camera angles of the clip loaded on the co
182. ovember 2012 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS siscistssnsssssintasanntsansnensnentewainnersinsannsunniannwacissnnnsssneedaaaisnnieaninnwaceiuuncinns ll WHAT S NEW sachsische cae eee aie ne ences pares te eee ap seem an menena 1 OVERVIEW caispisstce et ata a e aeaa aeaa suis an E a Rae a aa eaaa aa EE Ra aaa aae aeaaaee ENNER 2 1 INITIAL CONFIGURATION sossiscoscecesessencscesncnsncastancescsecenecsntcesaccuscenesessansacsstcssecasdansssess 3 1 1 Application Selection init atatesdcaradesdsavs dass teva tasdsadstascdevatardeassdasissdsndsiaes taasiasdsnisiassaanierden 3 1 2 Configuration on LSM Remote scccerectecte ctr eee hatte santuete uals us sitate deca ctuaeuunaneciactsaeal 4 2 REMOTE CONTROLLER wcnccscscesisscncees eceteacyice vente nccues aes n nnna nnne nnn nnna 5 2 1 General Layo t seses nee eres ere cree eer i ani ee ener ee EEEE ree SARERA REENEN ERa 5 Bee LBC OOS arsen serere aara saat Ea aE EE EEEE ETER 7 2 3 F keys amp Small BUMGNSewiescscicvcsitiviuasecenccanecavenasadencuctauavineadieuradvetidennuaseutaetnueareee 8 P ON OY E E ET 8 2 5 Transport Controls iscisscsad sera ccsa nas cctusaatsesasanacendiarniniasasaneedsaadtacnapmes dean ate dpcusse dese easeceades 9 291 Jog Dialie cicies cnaecbicineeh cree ietehaestediehi ensign itden needed 9 20 2 LoVe ann a Sedaiunedieueae vagus E bale A yp aewudenaiaders tetova Merete 9 2 60 Keyboard LogkiNg saceiahordnclenmialsbiansfaneathe nie tdi ioneinyhlee thin iat auedtasiahe tt eBinedsas
183. ow to Name the Current Element in the Loaded Playlist on page 97 PLAY pause Press ALT P to start the playback pause of the playlist from the current position RECUE Press ALT R to recue to the beginning of the playlist and pause Criteria Description NEXT Press ALT N while the playlist is playing to force immediately the transition to the next clip in the playlist SKIP Press ALT S while the playlist is playing to skip the next clip The current clip will play until the defined OUT point than the playlist will skip the next one and play the one after instead Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 8 3 Functions Available on the Remote in 100 Playlist Playout Mode Once the playlist is cued and ready to roll the menu below is displayed on the Remote LCD This menu gives the operator the ability to manipulate the playlist while it is playing The duration displayed in the top right corner of the LCD screen in Playlist Playout mode is the remaining duration until the end of the playlist PL11 LSM 04 Albert LOC LEFT 00 00 02 22 111A Clipname0123 00 00 29 Unk w00 10 112B 03 Clipname4567 00253829 Unk MO0 10 ILL ZB Clipname8 910 00353229 Unk MO0 10 Zrovel CMRL Film FX Edit Film FX Selecting this function will create a film style effect during the playout of the playlist by repeating one fi
184. owse through a long list of keywords e In NUMERIC mode the list of keywords is not visible on the LCD display and the operator selects a keyword by entering its position in the list with the F_ keys He can know the position either from a hardcopy of the keywords list or by looking at one of the VGA Keywords screens or still from his memory This mode is faster to operate but in most cases the operator will need to have the complete list of keywords available next to him 10 4 2 Assigning Keywords in List Mode To assign keywords to a clip in list mode recall the clip then press MENU to access the secondary clip menu on the Remote Panel PEZAJN Estar 3 EHE Fleacciom i PO Saicrcoim 6 P23accalom 2 Pyerin 7 TLIA ESsaCcioMm 3 TEOcECTLON F4 action 4 F9 Prev page foo G1 PSsaccaom 5 FO Next page Push Aux Clip SOrt gt IC POSET ROLIL gt Archive KR Name The LCD displays a page containing 8 keywords Press F9 F10 to access the previous next keywords page To assign a keyword to the current clip press the F_ key corresponding to the desired keyword on the LCD display Depending on the CLIP CAM mode defined by the D key the selected keyword will be assigned only to the camera angles loaded on the channels fully controlled by the operator at that time CAM mode or to all camera angles of the clip CLIP mode The keyword will be assigned to the first available keyword location on the 1 lin
185. p in mind that doing this while Multicam is running will of course force the Multicam application to close abruptly and up to 1 minute of the material being recorded and not clipped could be lost To reboot press the following key sequence D i D ii gt O NY y GotoTC Between step 3 and step 4 the RECORD button will flash GREEN and the PAGE button will flash RED Hitting the PAGE button will reboot the system Hitting the RECORD button will return to normal operation Soft Reboot from the keyboard It is also possible to run a soft reboot which will exit the software and return the user to the EVS Menu Here the software can be selected and entered again without having to reboot the entire system When running the following procedure the system will automatically save all recorded material record trains clips playlists upon exit Hit ALT Q on the keyboard or press F6 from the main Menu and confirm with ENTER or cancel with ESC You will exit the Multicam software and go back to the EVS Menu Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue 2 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 201 4 2 11 01 D Selection of Clip Banks and Playlists SHIFT F1 F9 CLIPS BANK This allows access to clip banks 1 through 9 within the clip page 1 to 10 SHIFT F1 BANK 1 SHIFT F2 BANK 2 etc up to bank 9 Once in the bank selection of the F1 F10 keys will call up the respective clips If Recall Clip T
186. peed parameter value 1000 is available Key Behavior PLAY this key initiates a replay from the first available frame on the current memory block TAKE this key is operational in ARM mode RECORD the remote does not beep if the CAM key refers to an empty block RECORD pressing this key while the current block is recording does not send any command to the camera CLEAR this key has no effect Last Cue If no cue points have been defined pressing this key will stop the recording and go back to the first recorded frame of the current memory block 191 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Cue points management e When anew ARM REC command is issued on a block all its cue points are cleared e If the Last Cue command cannot access the desired TC pre roll the player remains on the current cue point e If the Last Cue command refers to a TC that does not exist anymore the player jumps to the beginning of the current memory block e Cue points can not be marked when working on several memory blocks 18 5 4 Vision Research Camera Application Start At application start the recording does not start automatically Configuration Parameter Values e Port RS422 amp Protocol ASCII e Or Port Ethernet amp Protocol TCP e The PGMSpeed parameter value 1000 is available e Last Cue values when Cues is Off 50 100 200 300 400 600 800 100
187. playlist See the section 11 10 5 How to Insert the Result of a Clip Search into a Playlist on page 105 11 10 2 Modifying a Distant Playlist Remote playlists are available as Read Only and cannot be edited If you want to modify a network playlist you have to create a local copy on your machine first This operation is done instantly if the clips remain in their original location For details about copying playlists refer to the section 11 11 Copying Playlists on page 108 11 10 3 How to Quickly Add Clips to the Current Playlist You can create a playlist very quickly The experienced operator can include a clip at the end of the playlist containing an action that happened seconds before the playlist is played on air To add clips quickly at the end of the current playlist you do not have to enter the Edit mode To add clips to the current playlist proceed as follows 1 Activate a playlist as the current playlist For more information refer to the section 11 4 2 How to Set a Current Playlist on page 94 2 Recall the first clip for your playlist For more information refer to the section 9 2 3 Recalling a Clip on page 41 3 Press ENTER on the Remote Panel The clip is added at the end of the current playlist 4 Repeat as many times as necessary until the last clip is entered 104 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D
188. r for more information about cue points management on your system Managing the Memory Blocks Defining the Number of Memory Blocks Some cameras allow the users to split the memory into several blocks of the same size Before recording material on the hypermotion camera you should specify how many memory blocks you are going to use 1 2 3 or 4 blocks By default only one memory block is defined X Note When using more than one memory block the blocks are considered as independant units That means that you have to manually shift from one block to the other to continue recording on the next block To define the number of memory blocks on a hypermotion camera proceed as follows 1 Inthe hypermotion menu press MENU to open the secondary menu 2 Press A to activate the Blocks field This field specifies into how many memory blocks the camera memory will be split Jog to select the number of blocks 1 to 4 4 Press MENU again to validate your choice and come back to the hypermotion main menu The camera memory is now split into the requested number of blocks all with the same size The A to D CAM keys now correspond to the 1 to 4 memory blocks respectively 18 4 2 Color Code for Memory Block Status 184 The memory blocks status are displayed using a common color code both directly on the corresponding CAM keys on the LSM remote and on the OSD monitoring of the recorder corresponding to the hypermotion camera
189. r can also be used to vary the playback speed When the Protect OUT point of the clip is reached a clip containing the IN and OUT points with the guardbands is created on the Receive page defined in the Setup menu The loop is stopped and the user switches back to match Frame Edit mode 11 18 4 Replace with IN OUT Points or with IN Point Only You can perform a Replace action in two ways e by defining an IN and OUT points in the Replace Edit mode e by defining only an IN point in the Replace Edit mode and defining the OUT point while you perform the Replace in the Replace Playback mode For more information on how to perform a Replace refer to the section How to Perform a Replace on page 139 138 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D A Important The IN and OUT points cannot be marked on a transition including split audio transitions and swap zones or on a split zone the key will flash red when it is the case 11 18 5 How to Perform a Replace You first define the Replace function in the Replace Edit mode Then you execute the Replace function in the Replace Playback mode To perform a Replace proceed as follows 1 2 Open the playlist in which you want to replace a section in Playlist Edit mode In Playlist Edit mode press Menu on the Remote Panel to access the secondary menu Press the A key to enter the Replace Edit mode
190. rch Window Press F8 to access the Search Screen The VGA Search screen is made up of several areas that will be named as follows from the top to the bottom 1 Title bar Bar containing the following elements from left to right e Screen name e Name of the current keywords file displayed against a red background in the centre of the Title bar e Keyword page displayed 2 Function bar Bar displaying information on the various function keys available and their purpose 3 Keyword list Area displaying the list of keyword list on the page specified in the Title bar 4 Operation tab Tab displaying the key combinations available and the associated actions 5 Search Criteria Area displaying the search criteria available area Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Issue 11 01 D EUS SEARCH SCREEN F2 Clip essaill keywords 1 to 166 PgDn F6 KW KW2 F Rec Rec F 1 F 9 C Verlinden De Cock Clement Simons Englebert Serre brennik Verheyen Anderlecht Bruges Standard Antwerp Charleroi Mons Genk Malines Felix Use the lt TAB gt key to shift from the Keyword list to the Search Criteria area and vice versa gt 161 to 200iZi 10 3 2 Search Criteria and Search Options Search Criteria Different criteria can be combined to search the database They can be defined in the Search Criteria available at the bottom of the screen
191. rea in the centre of the LCD screen to allow the operator to validate the entry before confirming it If a wrong digit is entered press the CLEAR key to delete it Once the right keyword is found press ENTER to confirm or MENU to cancel The rules for keyword assignment and deleting keywords are identical between LIST and NUMERIC modes Searching the Database Using the Remote Panel Keywords and ranking assigned to clips can be used to search the clips database When the current element on the primary channel is a record train the Search function is directly available from the C position in the secondary menu To call it press MENU to enter the secondary train menu then press once the C key When the current element on the primary channel is a clip the Search function is still available from the same location but is hidden behind the Name function To call it in this case press MENU to enter the secondary clip menu then press twice the C key In both cases the LCD display becomes in LIST mode Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 1 RGE 2 2 keyword89012 gt keyword89012 Pi gacicaeim Il POseCiciem 6 HZ eaciriem 2 Ey gaccaom y PISaCTION 3 F8 action 8 F4 action 4 F9 Prev page jo O POsaction 5 FO Next page Reset Archive FromDate ToDate Return Be ES Siecneoe Keywords They can be selected to be used as se
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193. reo mode Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 3 Jog your playlist until you reach the point where you want to change the audio tracks Mark an IN point The OSD screen indicates the following information PL11 03 LEFT 06 42 22 V Mix 02 25 Spd Unk A Mix 02 25 A Del 00 00 IN 00 00 00 OUT 00 00 27 00 10 153 333 12 23 45 13 00 07 13 100 112B 04 ClipName 999 999 In stereo mode PL11 03 LEFT 06 42 22 V Mix 02 25 Spd Unk A Mix 02 25 A Del 00 00 IN 00 00 00 OUT 00 00 27 00 10 T2 232 12 23 45 13 00 07 13 100 112B 04 ClipName 999 999 4 Press the Swap function again SHIFT D 5 Jog your playlist until you reach the point where you want to reset the original audio tracks Mark an OUT point The OSD screen indicates the following information In eight tracks mode PL11 03 LEFT 06 42 22 V Mix 02 25 Spd Unk A Mix 02 25 A Del 00 00 IN 00 00 00 OUT 00 00 27 00 10 153 333 555 7347 2 4 454 656 8 8 12 23 45 13 00 07 13 100 112B 04 ClipName 999 999 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 In dual stereo mode Issue 11 01 D PL11 03 LEFT 06 42 22 V Mix 02 25 Spd Unk A Mix 02 25 A Del 00 00 IN 00 00 00 OUT 00 00 27 00 10 3 1 3 3 42 4 4 12 23 45 13 00 07 13 100 112B 04 ClipName 999 999 In stereo mode PL11 03 LEFT 06 4
194. ress Enter on the Remote Panel to validate the Replace The material between the IN and OUT points is replaced with the newly created clip The playlist returns to Playlist Edit mode positioned at the end of the inserted clip You can also cancel the Replace by pressing the Menu key on the Remote Panel 139 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 18 6 Loop Mode in the Replace Function Loop Type When the IN point has been marked the display switches to Cam A 2fields Replace Int Loop Ext Loop The Int Loop and Ext Loop keys are blinking Before entering the Replace Playback mode the operator has to choose between Internal Loop or External Loop The Internal Loop is the same loop as the existing loop process The External Loop allows you to select on which channel you will physically re record the output of your PGM The link is physical it is necessary to make the video link manually with a router or video audio cables it is not done inside the server Additional Loop Parameters Additional parameters are available for the external loop e With the Cam A function SHIFT C you can select the camera the PGM will be recorded to for the external LOOP process Press SHIFT C until the desired camera is selected e With the 2 fields function SHIFT D you can select by how much the video coming back to your record channel will
195. ripe the Timecode of a Clip To restripe the timecode of a clip on the Remote Panel proceed as follows Recall the clip by pressing the corresponding F_ key Move the jog dial to reach the picture where you want to define a new timecode Press the MENU key to access the secondary menu Press SHIFT C to call the Set TC function Enter the new timecode for the current picture oa F ON gt In 59 94 Hz modes NTSC you can select between Drop Frame and Non Drop Frame modes by pressing SHIFT MENU 7 Press the D key to select CAM or CLIP mode e In CAM mode only the timecode of the camera angle loaded on the primary channel will be changed e In CLIP mode the timecode of all camera angles of the clip will be changed 8 Press ENTER to confirm or MENU to cancel The primary timecode of the entire clip is updated according to the new timecode value so that the timecode remains continuous inside the whole clip Next time this function is called the value previously used will be set as default Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 9 3 Using the Clip screen The VGA Clip screen is accessed by selecting the F9 key on the keyboard With this screen clips can be recalled using the pen and tablet or directly from the keyboard AN Important The action performed on a channel from the Clip screen is concurrent to any other controller that might be assigned to that cha
196. rolled and chained between the cameras with either a mix a wipe or a cut between them e The MULTI PGM mode is more basic which gives the operator independent control of all outputs In this mode all outputs can be controlled together such as jogging back to a certain action with all outputs or they can be controlled individually either PGM 1 2 or 3 PGM1 CAM A PGM2 CAM B PGM3 CAM C Aud Met PgmSpd Som eae he Bobika RONN Search oll B 1 Clips LOCAL Records LOCAL b ails lt SGE Rst Cam Syme To Diael CHRE PGM 2 PGM 3 Secondary Menu The secondary menu can be called by pressing the MENU key and is similar to the 1PGM PRV mode except that the A function is empty since it is not possible to create a transition between the channels in this mode Please refer to the Chapter 6 PGM PRV Mode on page 27 for description of the other functions of the secondary menu Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 7 1 2 Operational Menu The operational menu in Multi PGM mode gives access to the functions detailed in the following paragraphs Rst Cam PGM 1 PGM 2 PGM 3 This function restores the position of cameras on the active channels CAM A on PGM1 CAM B on PGM2 etc X Note When a clip playlist is loaded on a channel switching back to Live mode will recall the record train which was las
197. rowse through the content of each clip in the playlist For more information see the section 11 7 2 Browsing Through a Playlist on page 97 11 7 2 Browsing Through a Playlist When you load a playlist the default playlist mode allows you to scroll up and down through all the playlist elements 97 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 7 3 Browsing Quickly Through a Playlist When you are neither in Playlist nor in Clip mode pressing the BROWSE key on the Remote Panel automatically enters the current playlist in Browse mode In this mode you can quickly jump to the first field of each clip inside the playlist by moving the jog dial To return to the normal Playlist Edit mode press the BROWSE key again When you are in Playlist Edit mode you can of course also activate the Browse mode by pressing the BROWSE key PLIL COMOL Paola HOCH HD WR OOO Os tO eer Z 111A 04 Clipname0123 00 00 29 Unk w00 10 WAL 218 Clipname4567 OOS S29 Unk w00 10 112B 02 Clipname8 910 OOS 53829 Unk w00 10 Effect mele All Insert Speed FX Dur Delete 11 8 Playout Functions with Playlists 11 8 1 Rolling a Playlist Rolling Action After recalling a playlist you will roll the playlist using the pre defined speed of each clip Use the PLAY key to start rolling the playlist Playlist Speed As soon as the lever is used
198. rt On Cut y Zi Z A Z v Zi Li Zi A pW Ws v A We PL 15 7 y A WA OZ 126 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue 2 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 201 11 01 D End On Cut v yy l A A ee vV Z wy ZA OA 7 Wl E v i Ue _ N j 11 16 7 Changing the Audio or Video Effect Duration Introduction When you change the video or audio effect duration you extend or reduce the duration of the video or audio transition In case of Center on cut the transition is extended reduced on both sides This creates an audio delay or advance depending on whether you reduce or extend the transition duration In case of Start on cut the transition is extended reduced at its end point In case of End on cut the transition is extended reduced at its start point How to Change the Video Effect Duration To change the video effect duration proceed as follows 1 2 3 4 5 Enter the Playlist Edit mode Browse to the desired clip in the playlist Press SHIFT A BASE A Press to highlight V Fx Dur C Move the lever to adjust the value 127 Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 How to Change the Audio Effect Duration To change the audio effect duration proceed as follows 1 Enter the Playlist Edit mode 2 Browse to the desired clip in the playlist 3
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200. s ALT N type the desired name and validate with ENTER 70 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 5 The operator can also restripe the timecode of the IN point of the clip to a new value Press ALT T type the desired value and confirm with ENTER When creating the clip this timecode will replace the original timecode of the Short IN point 6 Press ALT S to save the clip s The operator still has the opportunity to rename the clip during this operation He can then save the clip to the current cursor location by pressing ENTER or to the first available clip location on the current server by pressing ALT U 71 Issue 11 01 D 10 10 1 72 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Keyword Management Each clip of the server can be assigned 3 keywords and a ranking Values for ranking are The keywords are selected from a user defined keywords file that can contain up to 200 keywords of 12 characters This information keywords ranking can then be combined with other criteria timecode dates to search the server s database for matching clips The keyword and ranking assignment and the Search functions can be performed using the EVS Remote Panel or the VGA screen and PC keyboard These functions are only available if license codes 124 database search functions and 125 keyword assignm
201. s are defined the system draws the resulting rectangle or ellipse You can confirm by clicking on OK or clear the screen by clicking on CLEAR and redefine a new shape 164 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue 2 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 201 11 01 D 15 2 3 How to Highlight Video Material To highlight video material proceed as follows 1 4 Select the material that you wish to highlight this may be a clip or simply a cued replay Position the material on the field corresponding to the target start point and place the pen on the tablet At this point the tracking object will appear on the screen If the tracking object is an arrow it will appear slightly off the cursor position so that the object remains visible When the circle is positioned correctly mark a keyframe o by pressing the button of the stylus o by clicking on the M sign on the monitoring screen The K will now appear in the upper left corner indicating that a keyframe has been marked Re position the material and mark the next keyframe and so on When the final keyframe has been marked the replay can be re cued When the replay is animated the illustration will appear with a dissolve effect at the first keyframe and disappear with a dissolve effect at the last Run through the material in Loop mode and the effect can now be retrieved and stored as a new clip with the target tracking This can be repeat
202. s mode allows swapping audio tracks between two points in a playlist In four track mode the auto mode replaces audio tracks 1 amp 2 by audio tracks 3 amp 4 in four audio mode It replaces audio track 1 by audio track 2 in stereo mode The manual mode lets you choose which tracks to replace AN Note In 8 and 16 track modes you only have access to the manual mode 11 17 2 How to Enable the Audio Swap Mode To enable the Audio Swap mode proceed as follows 1 Enter the Setup menu 2 Select the Swap audio tracks parameter value in the Operational Setup menu p 3 2 F4 3 Choose a value between Auto and Manual Please note that the Advanced audio editing parameter has to be enabled in the Operational Setup menu p 3 2 F2 This option requires a specific license code If that code is not installed on the server this option cannot be turned on 11 17 3 How to Perform a Swap Audio Track in Auto Mode To perform a swap audio track in Auto mode proceed as follows 1 In Playlist Edit mode select the Video Base mode V Base The LCD screen will now display additional function PLIL LSMO1 Paola HOC REDU R OOOO Oe AZ 111A 04 Clipname0123 00 00 29 Unk w00 10 12B Clipname4567 0035359329 Unk w00 10 112B 02 Clipname8 910 OOS 53329 Unk w00 10 V Base Swap A Advanc A FX DUR 2 Press the SWAP function SHIFT D 133 Issue 11 01 D 134 In dual ste
203. s still available in a local or distant record train To change the camera angle of a playlist element proceed as follows 1 When you are in Playlist Edit mode scroll within the playlist to the playlist element 2 Press MENU to access the secondary menu OtherAng Replace MakeLoc 3 Press SHIFT C to search and load the local and distant record trains that include the same TC IN as the playlist element The first record train is loaded on the PRV channel at the current TC of the loaded element 4 Press Browse and use the jog to move within one record train to browse its content Once you have loaded the requested camera angle on the PRV channel press ENTER This will replace the current playlist element by a new clip having the same TC IN and TC OUT The new clip is stored on the playlist receive page The effects the split audio and the swap points defined on the initial playlist element are preserved 11 11 Copying Playlists 11 11 1 Introduction From the VGA Clip screen you can perform cut copy and paste actions with playlists in the same way as you do with clips For more information on these actions refer to the section Error Reference source not found Error Reference source not found on page Error Bookmark not defined From the Remote Panel you can only copy a playlist but not move cut amp paste it to another location 108 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manua
204. s timelines stored on bank 0 Menu Cancel Enter Confirm 95 Issue Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual 11 01 D EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 6 Naming a Playlist or an Element in a Playlist You can name a playlist from the VGA Playlist Bank screen or from the VGA Playlist screen 11 6 1 How to Name a Playlist from the VGA Playlist Bank Screen To name a playlist from the VGA Playlist Bank screen proceed as follows 1 From the Clip screen press END to go to the Playlist Bank screen of the requested page Press the down arrow several times until the playlist to name is selected Type the desired name on the keyboard It appears in the Name field at the bottom of the screen Use lt BACKSPACE gt to delete the last character or ESC to clear the entire field 4 Press F1 to assign the new name to the current playlist The playlist name will appear in the title bar next to the playlist number 11 6 2 How to Name the Current Playlist on the VGA Playlist Screen To name the current playlist from the VGA Playlist screen proceed as follows 1 Press the F10 key on the keyboard to open the VGA Playlist screen The current playlist is displayed 2 Type the desired name on the keyboard It appears in the Name field at the bottom of the screen Use lt BACKSPACE gt to delete the last character or ESC to clear the entire field 3 Press SHIFT F1 to assign the new name to the current playlis
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208. t The playlist name will appear in the title bar next to the playlist number 96 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 11 6 3 How to Name the Current Element in the 11 7 11 7 1 Loaded Playlist YX Note Naming the current element of the loaded playlist will affect the original clips This function is only available when the playlist is the current one in Playlist Edit mode PLST EDIT or Playlist Playout mode PLST DIFF on the EVS Remote Panel To name the current element in the loaded playlist from the VGA Playlist screen proceed as follows 1 Press the F10 key on the keyboard to open the VGA Playlist screen The loaded playlist is displayed and the current playlist element on the Remote Panel is selected 2 Type the desired name for the element on the keyboard It appears in the Name field at the bottom of the screen Use lt BACKSPACE gt to delete the last character or ESC to clear the entire field 3 Press F1 to assign the new name to the current element The name for the current element will appear in the Name column of the selected element Browsing Within a Playlist Possible Browsing Methods You can browse within a playlist in different ways e Browse quickly by jumping to the first field of each clip in the playlist For more information see the section 11 7 3 Browsing Quickly Through a Playlist on page 98 e B
209. t OUT points are defined only the fields between those two points will be played if the sequence is recalled the same applies when the sequence is included in a playlist PROTECT SHORT SHORT PROTECT IN IN OUT OUT 7 y y J Fields between Protect IN and Short IN and fields between Short OUT and Protect OUT guardbands can be reached with the jog So the Short IN and Short OUT points can be redefined X Note Protect IN amp Protect OUT points of a clip cannot be replaced by new ones Short IN amp Short OUT points of a clip can be replaced by new ones Short OUT point is excluded The clip freezes on previous field when playing back with Post Roll disabled Short IN amp OUT are always on even fields This is automatic Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue 2 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 201 11 01 D e The guardband beyond the Short OUT point is created with the material available when the operator saves the clip by pressing the selected F_ key Therefore this guardband can sometimes be shorter than the value defined in the Setup menu 9 1 2 Clip Availability on Disks 9 2 9 2 1 Various clip types can be distinguished depending on whether they are available on the disks or not Depending on the clip availability on disks you can perform specific actions on the given clip or not Clip on disk Clips which are protected on disks and which have Short IN and Short OUT poin
210. t corner of the OSD and press lightly The system automatically defaults back to Freehand Drawing mode Circle Drawing O Select this menu to draw circles A menu allows you to choose between the following options e Set centre default A pointer appears on the screen to let you choose the centre of the circle The radius will be the one last used or the default one if none has been defined before Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D e Define This option allows you to change the size of a circle Click on the Define menu and follow the instructions o Set the centre of the circle o Set the radius You can then choose to save or not the new circle e ESC no circle is drawn Ellipse Drawing 0 Select this menu to draw ellipses A menu allows you to choose between the following options e Set centre default a pointer appears on the screen to let you choose the centre of the ellipse The shape will be the one last used or the default one if none has been defined before e Define allows you to change the shape of an ellipse click on the Define menu and follow the instructions o Set the left corner o Set the opposite corner You can then choose to save or not the new ellipse e ESC no ellipse is drawn Arrow A Select A When you draw on the tablet and remove the pen a neat arrow appears at the end of the line This facility remains
211. t element From Specifies the initial TC value to be used Timecode LTC TC for the timecode regeneration User TC In Specifies the TC type in which the LTCorVITC in SD timecode should be regenerated HANC VITC HANC LTC or both Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 11 14 The Auxiliary Audio Clip 11 14 1 Introduction This option allows adding a new stereo audio track e g sport comments music jingles ambient sound to the original video clips This stereo audio track is available on the PVW output and on analogue outputs 7 8 or on digital outputs 15 16 The selection of the track output is done with the Audio slow motion parameter in the Operational Setup menu p 8 1 F1 The original audio tracks are still available on outputs 1 2 3 4 The auxiliary audio clip selected is always played back with normal speed 100 whatever the selected playback speed for the video When the playback of the playlist is not started from the beginning the system calculates the offset between the current position and the beginning of the playlist and applies the same offset to the Aux Clip so that it can remain synchronized with the playlist If the duration of the Aux Clip is longer than the playlist duration the auxiliary audio clip keeps playing even after the video has stopped Otherwise the audio clip ends itself before the end of the playlist when the audio clip r
212. t used on that output This avoids too frequent uses of the Rst Cam function PGM 3 This button allows you to synchronize the selected PGM in use with another one Press this button and then select the PGM to be used as a reference This function is not available with network trains 2nd CTRL This function allows the operator to swap the control of one or several play channels between the EVS remote and a third party controller Both controllers receive permanently the status of the channel s but only one controller at a time is able to actually control a channel The secondary controllers are defined in page T2 2 of the Technical Setup menu Press this function to enter the 2nd CTRL menu select the channels that you want to pass to the secondary controller by pressing the corresponding A B or C key then press D DONE to validate your selection Do the same to bring the control of a channel back to the EVS remote 33 Issue 11 01 D 34 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Q Note The 1PGM mode is a simplified version of the 2 or 3PGM modes The operational menu has less functions z Zad CTRL Also the user does not need to select a channel to enable or disable the secondary controller Since there is only 1 channel available in this mode the operator just has to press SHIFT D to swap the control between the secondary controller and the EVS remote
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214. tc until 200 keyword Issue 11 01 D Each keyword can have up to 12 characters including blanks Avoid accentuated and special characters since most of them will not be recognized by the Multicam application If a keyword is longer than 12 characters only the first 12 characters will be used and the end of the keyword will automatically be truncated Creating the Keyword File from a PC Creating a keyword file can be done on any PC with a simple text editor Make sure the file name does not exceed 8 characters that all characters in the file name are legal and that it has a KWD extension The file can then be imported from a floppy disk onto the server either manually from the DOS or by using the Import Export Keywords Files from the EVS Maintenance menu refer to the XT Technical Reference for more details about this option 73 Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 10 1 2 Selecting the Current Keyword File 74 In the Multicam application the Keyword file can be selected either from the VGA Setup screen or from the Operational Setup menu of the Remote Panel using the Keyword file parameter p 6 1 F1 The operator can select any file from all the KWD files present in the Multicam DIRECTORY If the machine is connected to other systems on the EVS SDTI network the network server will automatically distribute its current Keyword file to all
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216. tered the Goto TC you can observe it has been correctly entered on the display of the Remote LCD screen and on the output monitor This Timecode display appears in the centre of the LCD display just above the menu options 6 Press ENTER on the Remote If the timecode is from the LTC table it will be displayed in white on the output monitor If the timecode is from the USER TC table it will be displayed in yellow on the output monitor If nothing happens after confirming the TC entry with ENTER this means that the field corresponding to the selected Timecode does not exist on the disk any longer To exit the GOTO TC function at any time press the MENU key Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 4 1 18 4 1 19 GOTO IN GOTO OUT When you are in CLIP mode this key combination enables the operator to go to IN OUT points of clips instantly LOOP It enables the internal Loop mode The button will flash red in this mode and LOOP will appear on the OSD of the output monitors When the user selects the Loop mode the loop has to be cabled from the HD SD clean output of PGM1 to the Loop In connector The loop is performed on the audio and video components of the PGM1 output or on the video only depending on the Internal Loop parameter of the Operational Setup menu p 9 2 F6 In audio embedded the audio is also looped whatever the value defined
217. teria are displayed for information e Inthe centre of the screen a list of all matching clips is eal bac EUS SEARCH RESULT F1 NAME F2 CLIP CAM F3 CALL Ha NAME CAM BROWSE OFF ALT s FROM aE e TO dd mm yy 1 6 Clip Information For each clip the following information is displayed e Position in the list e Clip ID e Clip name e Timecode of Short IN and Short OUT points o Timecodes from the LTC table are displayed in grey black o Timecodes from the USER TC table are displayed in yellow e Ranking e Archive status e Current keywords 82 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D Browsing Through Results and Loading a Clip The operator can browse this list with the t arrow keys PgUp PgDn Home and End keys If the Browse mode of that screen is ON F5 BROWSE the clip will be loaded on the primary play channel as soon as it is selected If the Browse mode is OFF the operator must press ENTER after selecting the clip to load it aN Note Whena clip is displayed in the search results with a timecode from the VITC table when this search option has been selected the clip is loaded with this timecode even if the primary TC is the LTC Possible Actions Many functions from the Clip screen are also available from the Search Results screen F1 NAME F2 CLIP CAM F3 CALL ALT P PLAY ALT R RECUE ALT T SE
218. the arrows to select the keyword to remove and press CTRL DEL Press the lt TAB gt key again to move the arrow cursor back to the keywords list 10 2 4 How to Clear a Keyword with the Stylus Click on the keyword to remove on the last line the click on the CTRL DEL CLR KWD area on the screen or press CTRL DEL 10 2 5 How to Edit the Ranking of the Current Clip with the Keyboard Press the lt TAB gt key to move the cursor to the lower area of the screen Use the lt gt arrows to select the desired ranking and press ENTER The selected ranking is highlighted in green 10 2 6 How to Edit the Ranking of the Current Clip with the Stylus Click on the desired ranking it becomes highlighted in green TT Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 10 2 7 How to Clear All Keywords and the Ranking of a Clip Press ALT DEL or click on ALT DEL CLR ALL all keywords assigned to the clip will be removed and the ranking will be reset to the lowest level 10 2 8 How to Name a Clip Using the Keywords 10 3 10 3 1 78 Move the cursor to the desired keyword and press ALT N The keyword is added at the end of the current name if there is enough space left XY Note To clear the name of a clip press ESC to empty the Name field then press F1 to assign this empty name to the clip Searching the Database Using the VGA Screen Sea
219. the EDL and the playlist elements themselves to your local machine press PLST CLP B key The display becomes Copy Playlist 11 03 and all net clips co Playlist 13 Menu Cancel Enterik Coimi al tema a 110 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 6 To specify whether to perform a Short or Long copy select the desired value SHORT or LONG pressing the C key e SHORT mode default only the section of the elements between the Short IN and Short OUT as defined in the playlist will be copied increased by the duration of the guardbands as defined on the destination system e LONG mode the entire original clips including their guardbands will be copied on the destination system 7 Once the various options have been decided press ENTER to confirm the copy or MENU to cancel The F_ key of the destination playlist will flash until all clips have been copied This playlist can be recalled during that process for browsing editing or playback If some clips have not yet been copied the original network clip is used instead 11 11 5 How to Copy a Playlist from the VGA Clip Screen From the VGA screen you can copy e the EDL of a playlist from the local server to the same server e the EDL with or without the playlist elements from a distant server to the local server How to Copy a Local Playlist To copy a l
220. the darkness of the background 8 choices S Selects the size of the circle 8 choices E Selects the border thickness 8 choices C Selects the border color 8 choices lt K gt Indicates a keyframe has been marked on current field E Erases currently displayed keyframe R Erases all keyframes in the current clip Z Toggles between Zoom Static Zoom and normal highlight 166 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D Displayed Letter Function M Allows you to mark a keyframe directly from the touch screen or from the tablet If this option is active touching a point on the screen automatically creates the keyframe This option becomes inactive after each keyframe creation C Marks CUE OUT point on current field S Starts slow motion preset in Prg Spd P Plays back the current clip lt lt lt gt gt gt Searches the material clip or live recording A single click with the stylus move one frame forward or one frame back Zoom Options On the Remote Panel display selecting the Zoom option soft key A on the Remote will cause the tracking object to be changed to the Zoom function The circle will magnify 4x the highlighted area of the image This is a great feature for showing for example a close call like a foot on a line or a ball in out of bounds Note The dissolve effect is not available when using the Zoom effect The T S E
221. the operator to search for all clips that contain a particular timecode For more information on this function refer to the section Sort gt TC on page 49 Search Aud Met PostRoll This function allows the operator to search the database using keywords and ranking Refer to the chapter 10 Keyword Management on page 72 for further details To return to the operational menu press the MENU key from the Remote Panel Operational Menu Sync Prv 2nd CTRL Cam A Cam B Cam C Cam D CAM A B C D 2nd CTRL C COC If PRV CTL is OFF select the camera to assign to the PGM output This camera key will be highlighted in the menu If PRV CTL is ON select the camera to assign to the PRV output This camera key will be highlighted in the menu 29 Issue 11 01 D 30 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Not X ote In 5CAM configuration 5 recorder channels and 1 player channel or when loading a clip where CAM E or F exists the operational menu will display Sync Prv 2nd CTRL Cam A Cam B Cam C gt By pressing the D key gt the operator has access to the D E and F cameras The operation menu becomes Rst Cam Sync Prv 2nd CTRL Cam D Cam E Cam F lt Press the D key lt to return to CAM A B C selection Rst Cam Local 2nd CTRL This
222. the playback the material played on the hypermotion camera is recorded into the server via the SDI connection 18 4 4 Working with Multiple Block Memory The general recording and playback process when controlling the camera using a multiple block memory is the following 1 Press the A to D CAM key corresponding to the memory block 1 to 4 on which you want to record the material 2 Start the recording on the camera by pressing RECORD on the remote controlling the hypermotion camera The material starts recording in loop mode on a memory block e If this is the first use of the RECORD key all memory blocks are erased and the recording starts on the first one e Otherwise the recording starts on the currently selected memory block if this is a subsequent use of the key e f no block is selected the recording starts on the first available block 3 Press TAKE to stop recording on the current block and start recording on the first free block if available 4 Stop the recording in one of the following ways e Press Last cue to position the camera and cue to the first recorded frame of the block e Jog the dial to position the camera on the requested image e Select another block to load the first frame recorded on this block in play mode 5 Press PLAY to start the playback During the playback the material played on the hypermotion camera is recorded into the server via the SDI connection 186 Multicam Version 11
223. the upper menu press MENU from the Remote Panel 6 1 1 Secondary Menu Aud Met PgmSpd Sort gt TC PostRoll Search Mix Wipe L gt R Wipe R gt L Wipe U gt D Wipe D gt U Cut These options determine the transition effect that will occur between the PGM and PRV pictures The mix wipe and cut are on the same location Pressing this button will browse through these effects showing the active one on the LCD menu Please refer to Setup menu to select the duration of the transition effect Mix 27 Issue 11 01 D 28 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 PgmSpd VarMax Pressing PgmSpd once enables the Program Speed mode and highlights this function on the LCD Pressing the key once more enables the Var Max mode and highlights this function on the LCD The PLAY key is flashing red while either of these modes is enabled e Program Speed mode In this mode only two speed values are available from the lever 0 when the lever is in the lower position or the speed defined in the Operational Setup menu p 9 1 F3 for any other position of the lever e Var Max mode the speed range defined by the lever is limited between 0 and the speed value defined in the Operational Setup menu p 9 1 F3 Sw To In Aud Met A gt Tc PostRoll Mix A CEEE When this function is enabled highlighted a camera change will cause a jump to the corresponding
224. tion of the Clip screen for details about these functions The ID and name of the clip that keywords are going to be assigned to is displayed at the bottom on the screen along with the keywords ranking and archive status already assigned to that clip t When calling a clip with the F3 function in the Off Air Keyword Screen the system will automatically switch to the On Air Keyword screen since the clip to assign keywords to has been loaded on a play channel 76 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D CLIP 122A assault x xx xx ALT Z gt RARCHIVE f action_1 player_A4 player_B 10 2 2 How to Assign a Keyword to a Clip Move the cursor to the desired keyword and press ENTER or click on the keyword with the stylus The keyword will be assigned to the first available keyword location on the last line of the screen Repeat this to assign more keywords up to 3 to the current clip Depending on the CLIP CAM mode the keywords will be assigned to the current camera angle only CAM mode or to all camera angles of the current clip CLIP mode If three keywords are already assigned to the clip the operator has to clear some of them to be able to assign new keywords 10 2 3 How to Clear a Keyword with the Keyboard Press lt TAB gt to move the arrow cursor to the lower area of the screen Red arrows will appear around one of the keywords or ranking values Use
225. tomatically directly from the remote controlling the camera Use the IN and OUT keys and the F_ keys to clip the record train corresponding to the hypermotion camera and to store it at a clip position So you can clip the hypermotion camera without having the control on a PGM and without having to wait for all the content to be recorded on the server Once you have played back the material recorded in the hypermotion camera it is available in the record train of the camera as defined in the Recorder setting p6 4 F2 You can now create clips with this material To do this proceed as follows 1 Come back to the LSM mode with SHIFT D with remote in hypermotion LSM mode or use another remote with remote in hypermotion only mode Load the relevant record train on the PGM Jog in the material and add a MARK IN MARK OUT as usual to create the requested clip 183 Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 18 3 4 Managing Cue Points 18 4 18 4 1 When the controller controls the camera press Mark to define and set up to 255 cue points You can add the cue points on the current block in record mode Press the Last Cue key to call back the cue points As cue points are managed by block select first the requested block to be able to recall the cue points defined in this block Please refer to the camera models specific features at the end of this chapte
226. ts all default parameters including the ones related to the material and the TC type to search on Procedure To search for clips or trains containing a specific TC proceed as follows 1 From the main Remote screen in Clip mode or Train mode press MENU to access the secondary menu 2 Press SHIFT C to access the Sort TC function The following screen is displayed Sort WC Se BGK S Hee B SEH Menu Cancel Enter Search Reset Ser IC From Date To Date 3 If requested press SHIFT C to define a date from which the search should be applied a Type the date in dd mm yy format with the F1 to F10 keys b Press ENTER to confirm and exit the field 4 lf requested press SHIFT D to define a date to which the search should be applied a Type the date in dd mm yy format with the F1 to F10 keys b Press ENTER to confirm and exit the field 5 Press the B key to specify whether to search for clips Clip train Rec or both Clip Rec Press several times the B key to select the requested value 6 Press the C key to specify whether to search for the LTC LTC the user defined Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D timecode type USER or whatever TC type LTC USER Press several times the C soft key to select the requested value 7 Press the D key to specify whether to search only for local clips Srch Loc or on the entire XNet Network
227. ts present on disks All the material is available on the disk Growing clip Clips which are protected on disks and which have a Short IN point and possibly Short OUT point defined on disks Since the record process is still undergoing some of the material is already on the disk but not all of it Reserved clip Clips for which the position has been reserved on the SDTI database but for which there is no Short IN and Short OUT points nor any protect present on disks Using the EVS Remote Panel How to Create a Clip To define a clip proceed as follows 1 Select the LIVE mode 2 Define your Short IN point using the jog dial Press the IN key to mark your Short IN point of the clip 3 Search for the desired Short OUT point and then press the OUT key to mark it A clip can be created with only IN point or only OUT point The system will automatically define the clip duration according to the default duration defined in the Setup menu X Note You can mark an IN or OUT point on a paused record train and go back to live without losing the point marked by pressing SHIFT lt Return gt 39 Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 9 2 2 Storing a Clip AO How to Store a Clip To store a clip on a given location proceed as follows 1 Define a clip by marking the IN and or OUT points 2 Select the page where the clip will be stored by pressing SHIFT
228. tting If PREF is ON the preferred camera angle of the clip will appear on the primary channel the secondary camera angle on the next controlled channel then the other camera angles on the next channels in alphabetical order Example If the preferred camera angle for clip 124 is camera C when loading the clip 124C is loaded on the primary channel whatever the camera present on that channel before loading the clip If PREF is OFF when recalling the clip the camera angle will be the same as the one who was already present on each controlled channel If that camera angle does not exist the first available camera angle of the clip will be used Example If camera B is the current camera on the primary channel when calling clip 124 it is 124B that appears on the primary channel even if it is not the preferred camera angle When the operator is controlling only one channel such as with PrvCtl the clip will appear at that location only In the case of a clip containing a single camera angle only an A B C or D clip when in full control of all outputs the clip recalled will appear on the primary channel Toggling Between the Camera Angles If Recall clip toggle is enabled in the Operational Setup menu p 9 1 F6 pressing several times the F_ key will always recall the first frame of the clip but showing the next camera angle every time the F_ key is pressed 41 Issue 11 01 D 9 2 4 9 2 5 A2 Mu
229. u e To return to the operational menu press the MENU key again e To return to the Main menu in Multicam press SHIFT MENU Transport Controls Jog Dial The jog dial Q allows the operator to pass into Search mode and thus to choose exactly the Short OUT or Short IN image Move the jog dial clockwise to search forward and move it counter clockwise to search backwards One revolution of the jog dial will produce a jump of approximately 35 frames This number can be multiplied by enabling the Fast mode The multiplication factor is defined in the Setup menu X Note The jog dial is also used to do the following e set parameters in the Setup menu Refer to the Setup Menu section for more information e browse inside the clips database the cue points or the current playlist Refer to the explanation of the BROWSE function for more details The jog dial is active at all times when the system is in Play amp Record modes Lever The lever is used to start a play or to modify slow motion speed Its run can be of two different types depending on the lever mode In this mode the lever run goes from 0 up to 100 Different ranges are available to play material from 400 to 400 using the Second lever range parameter in the Operational Setup menu p 9 1 F5 To access this second speed range press SHIFT LEVER from the remote controller X Note When SD SUPER MOTION material is loaded on the primary channel the
230. u delay or advance the beginning of the video transition compared to the audio transition of the clip How to Perform a Video Advance In this case the beginning of the video transition will be advanced compared to the audio transition 1 Enter the Playlist Edit mode 2 Browse to the desired clip in the playlist 3 Press SHIFT A Base B 4 Press to highlight V Advance SHIFT A 5 At the on screen prompt enter a value on the F_ keys including leading zeros 0 2 1 2 2 12 OR move the lever and press ENTER The value entered will be present on the PRV SCREEN when the clip is next to play in a playlist Edit point A Base Video is shortened in the previous clip and the video from the clip being edited is extended At Ve Video advance 2 12 How to Perform a Video Delay In this case the beginning of the video transition is delayed compared to the audio transition 1 Enter the Playlist Edit mode 2 Browse to the desired clip in the playlist 3 Press SHIFT A Base B 4 Press to highlight V DELAY SHIFT B 5 At the on screen prompt enter a value on the F_ keys including leading zeros 0 2 1 2 2 12 OR move the lever and press ENTER The value entered is present on the PRV SCREEN when the clip is next to play in a playlist 130 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D Edit point A BASE Video from the previous clip is extended
231. ump to the last recorded picture and pause EJECT if the play channel is not yet in E2E mode when the command is sent it will return to E2E mode on its default record train similar to receiving a REC command If 195 Issue 11 01 D 196 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 the play channel is already in E2E mode it will switch to the next record channel available A gt B gt C gt gt 2A gt This is for example useful with a BVE edit controller to allow the editor to select the record train he wants to work with Louth VDCP Protocol This protocol is a more complex protocol mainly used by automation systems but also by Sony switchers It is not based on the Sony BVW75 and can handle clips as well as playlists IPDP Protocol For more information on how the IP Director application controls the server refer to the IP Director Technical Reference manual and User manual Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D Glossary HANC LTC Horizontal Ancillary timecode LTC as defined in the XMPTE 259M and RP188 standards HANC VITC Horizontal Ancillary timecode VITC as defined in the XMPTE 259M and RP188 standards LTC LTC table Longitudinal or Linear timecode LTC is a timing signal that is part of an audio tape recording It is recorded on a track that runs lengthwise along the tape
232. ures are available from version 8 00 00 e Extend Overwrite This operation extends the duration of any clip on any track across the entire duration of the timeline e Insert Overwrite This operation inserts video or audio independently on any of the tracks or on all tracks at the same time All timeline editing operations performed with the Remote Panel are done in a linear manner each insert or extend operation will take out some existing material and replace it with a new one Because the process is destructive undo and redo are available during the edition of a timeline as long as the LIVE button REC is not used When operators go live the undo history is lost You can undo and redo up to nine actions 141 Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Editing IPEdit Timelines in Multicam The users can create and edit more advanced timelines in IPEdit For more information refer to the IPEdit user manual For this reason you will be able to edit IPEdit timelines with the Remote Panel only if they include features supported by Multicam that is to say e One video track and two audio tracks e No effect on any of the tracks Editing Multicam Timelines in IPEdit In IPEdit you can edit any timeline created in Multicam Once a timeline has been edited in IPEdit and contains features unsupported in Multicam it is no longer editable with the Remote Panel 1
233. ures with a Triple Speed camera SD and 50 for Super Motion pictures with a Double Speed camera HD When PgmSpd Var Max is ON the value defined in the Operational Setup menu for the PGM Speed Var max parameter p 9 1 F3 is used Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D 4 1 5 4 1 6 4 1 7 IN This function defines the IN point of a clip The key will light differently depending on the following situations Green key The key lights green if an IN point exists but is not the image you see Red key The key lights red if the on air image is at this IN point This point can be entered while recording Flashing In Split Audio mode this key can be flashing green or flashing red green or red Refer to the section 11 16 Split Audio on page 121 for more details Key During a Replace operation on a playlist this key will flash red if trying to insert an IN marker on a transition as this is not allowed During an Extend operation on a timeline this key will flash red until you jog At that time it will flash green until the operation is confirmed using the CAM D key OUT This function defines the OUT point of a clip This operates similarly to the IN button Modification of Clip IN OUT Points Select the clip that you wish to modify use the jog dial to position the material at the new IN or OUT point and re mark the IN or OUT point s as required
234. use the Auto tracking the first step is to track the object that must be kept in the centre of the frame Using the Target Track mode the keyframes are marked to determine the path of the object Refer to the Chapter 15 Target Mode on page 163 for more details When the tracking is completed in the desired clips enter the Split Screen mode and recall these clips on the left and right side of the screen If keyframes have been marked inside selected clips the word TRACKED will appear on the corresponding side of the output monitor At playback the picture will be shifted horizontally to keep the tracked object in the centre of its frame To disable temporarily the auto tracking without leaving the Split Screen mode press CLEAR LEFT disables Auto tracking on left side or CLEAR RIGHT disables Auto tracking on right side 177 Issue 11 01 D 18 18 1 18 1 1 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 Hypermotion Mode Introduction Definition The Hypermotion mode allows the server to control a hypermotion camera Such cameras record images at a frame rate much higher than standard cameras They record a buffer of images in an internal memory This buffer can then be ingested into an EVS server via the standard SDI connection In doing so a hypermotion camera is considered as a standard camera by the server 18 1 2 Camera Differences The aim of the hypermot
235. which is why it is called longitudinal It can only be read if the tape is playing Timecode jump table in which the jumps in LTC timecodes are stored OSD On Screen Display Information displayed on the output monitor Protected clip Clip that has been created on an EVS server and that cannot be manually deleted by users Such clips are clips e stored on server pages defined as protected pages in the parameters e stored on pages dedicated to a protocol e inserted in a playlist or timeline In this case the user can however force the deletion e being on air In this case the clip is rather locked not really protected Protect IN point Position i e timecode which represents the first image of the protected video material for a clip i e the first image before the IN guardband Protect OUT point Short IN point Position i e timecode which represents the last image of the protected video material for a clip i e the last image after the OUT guardband Position i e timecode which represents the first image of a clip This is also called IN point in this user manual Short OUT point Position i e timecode which represents the last image of a clip This is also called OUT point in this user manual Unprotected clip Clips that users can manually delete via a Delete 197 Issue 11 01 D Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast
236. wing a To insert only one clip into the playlist browse to the clip and press the INSERT key on the Remote Panel b To insert all clips returned in the search result press the SHIFT INSERT keys on the Remote Panel The clip s are inserted at the end of the current playlist 11 10 6 Inserting Growing Clips into Playlists Growing clips can be inserted in playlists in the same way as other clips However their display has the following characteristics Display They will be displayed with the Creating message in the playlist on the VGA The growing clips ID will be blinking on the mini playlist display and on the playlist screen on the Remote Panel as well as on the OSD 106 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 11 01 D Remaining Time The remaining time in playlists containing growing clips with only an IN point is displayed as on the screens OSD VGA Remote Panel screen where this information is shown 11 10 7 How to Delete Playlist Elements from a Playlist To delete a playlist element in a playlist using the Remote Panel proceed as follows 1 While you are in Playlist Edit mode scroll within the playlist to the element that needs to be deleted If the Browse mode is active the first frame will appear on the display as each clip is scrolled through 2 Select Delete from the Playlist Edit menu The selected element will be removed
237. y mode see setup menu for range selection Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 2 2 Operational Block 2 Issue 11 01 D PLAY Initiates playback NETWORK Enters the XNet menu connects to other servers on the network LAST CUE Re cues EVS server to previous cue point GOTO TC Allows timecode entry with F keys FAST JOG Used with jog dial for rapid manual re cue This mode is automatically reset after PLAY LIVE commands MARK Used to enter re usable cue points 256 cycling cues RECORD Initiates E2E mode RETURN Inside a clip allows the operator to return to the same picture inside the record train if it still exists PRV CTL Enables disables the Preview Control mode PAGE Selects current clip page from 1 to 10 LCD Display Provides current status of system Led Colours A selected key lights red When a key lights green it means a value in relation with this key exists For example F1 to F0 keys Green light means a clip has been stored in relation with the key Green flashing light means a clip is being created Red light means the clip associated to the key is playing or is ready to play Red flashing light means a clip is being deleted in network mode Issue 11 01 D 2 3 2 4 Multicam Version 11 01 Operating Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA November 2012 F keys amp Small Buttons 2B M BB Bw
238. ying Super Motion material in slow motion to obtain the smoothest replay it is important that the replay speed is exactly the ideal slow motion speed i e 33 for SD Super Motion or 50 for HD Super Motion If the replay speed is slightly off these ideal values movements might appear staggered These ideal speeds can also be called directly by pressing the PLAY button when the current element is Super Motion The PGM speed and Var Max modes can also be used to facilitate this See Chapter 6 PGM PRV Mode on page 27 for a description on these modes 4 1 10 PLST 4 1 11 This function is not active if the current playlist is empty If the current playlist is not empty pressing PLST once enters the Playlist Edit mode e Pressing PLST from the Playlist Edit mode enters the Playlist Playout mode e Pressing PLST from the Playlist Playout mode re cues the playlist to its beginning e Pressing 3 times PLST will always cue up the playlist ready to roll To play back a playlist that has been cued press the PLAY button and it will roll at the preset speeds BROWSE When a clip is loaded on the primary channel pressing the BROWSE key allows the operator to browse inside all local clips of the database by turning the jog dial When a cue point exists for the current picture on the primary channel the CUE button lights red pressing the BROWSE key allows the operator to browse through all existing Multicam Version 11 01 Operating

User Manual - Multicam 11.01

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